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Word entry · 8 letters

merchant

Best crossword clue

"Trader"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɜːtʃənt/Part of speech nounSorted acehmnrtStarts with MEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a businessperson engaged in retail trade

Word origin

From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from mercans, from the verb mercor (“to trade, deal, sell”).

Used in a sentence

  • Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, / Have just our theme of woe.
  • He's some kind of speed merchant — he drives way too fast.
  • Goal merchant Smith scored twice again in the match against Mudchester Rovers.

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