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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmɜːtʃənt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈmɝtʃənt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mûr′chənt)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
mer•chant /ˈmɜrtʃənt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Businessone whose business is buying and selling goods for profit.
  2. Businessa storekeeper;
    retailer.
  3. one who indulges in something undesirable:the merchants of gloom and doom.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. Businessused for trade or commerce:a merchant ship.
See -merc-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mer•chant  (mûr′chənt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Businessa person who buys and sells commodities for profit;
    dealer;
    trader.
  2. Businessa storekeeper;
    retailer:a local merchant who owns a store on Main Street.
  3. British Terms[Chiefly Brit.]a wholesaler.

adj. 
  1. Businesspertaining to or used for trade or commerce:a merchant ship.
  2. Nauticalpertaining to the merchant marine.
  3. Metallurgy[Steelmaking.](of bars and ingots) of standard shape or size.
  • Vulgar Latin *mercātant- (stem of *mercātāns), present participle of *mercātāre, frequentative of Latin mercārī to trade, derivative of merx goods
  • Old French marcheant
  • Middle English marchant 1250–1300
mer′chant•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
merchant /ˈmɜːtʃənt/ n
  1. a person engaged in the purchase and sale of commodities for profit, esp on international markets; trader
  2. chiefly US Canadian a person engaged in retail trade
  3. (esp in historical contexts) any trader
  4. derogatory a person dealing or involved in something undesirable: a gossip merchant
  5. (modifier)
    • of the merchant navy: a merchant sailor
    • of or concerned with trade: a merchant ship
 vb
  1. (transitive) to conduct trade in; deal in
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French, probably from Vulgar Latin mercātāre (unattested), from Latin mercārī to trade, from merx goods, wares
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Merchant /ˈmɜːtʃənt/ n
  1. Ismail ( ˈɪzmeɪəl ). 1936–2005, Indian film producer, noted for his collaboration with James Ivory on such films as Shakespeare Wallah (1965), The Europeans (1979), A Room with a View (1986), The Remains of the Day (1993), and The Golden Bowl (2000)
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