merchant
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,812 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,897 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
merchant in real books
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A German merchant is anxious to get into touch with a big stamp-dealer in this country.
Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 · Various · Chapter 1
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The prototype of "Captain Cleveland" in the same novel was John Gow, the son of a Stromness merchant.
From John O'Groats to Land's End · John Anderton Naylor · Chapter 1
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Wullahy! and one, a marvel, that I bought of Boolp the broker, that had it from an African merchant.'
The Shaving of Shagpat · George Meredith · Chapter 2
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He was the son of the merchant to whom the larger part of the cargo of the Good Venture was consigned.
By Pike and Dyke · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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In the first place, he did not approve of Freddie's allusion to one of America's merchant princes as "the old boy."
Something New · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 2