merchant

[US]/ˈmɜːtʃənt/
[UK]/ˈmɜːrtʃənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. trader; business person

Phrases & Collocations

merchant ship

merchant marine

merchant bank

merchant banking

retail merchant

commission merchant

merchant fleet

Example Sentences

a merchant of death.

the growth of the merchant classes.

He is a merchant on the make.

Merchants buy and sell.

squeegee merchants at every road junction.

the Merchant Shipping Act

This merchant ship was convoyed by a destroyer.

sought an officer's berth in the merchant marine.

The merchant heaped up a fortune.

A merchant is intent on making money.

His father is a merchant prince.

The new merchant class was anxious for acceptance by the old nobility.

doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country.

the announcement followed on from the collapse of the merchant bank.

the Venetian merchants became a great hereditary patriciate.

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