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<h1>Merchant</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"chant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>marchant</ets>, OF. <ets>marcheant</ets>, F. <ets>marchand</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>mercatans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>mercatare</ets> to negotiate, L. <ets>mercari</ets> to traffic, fr. <ets>merx</ets>, <ets>mercis</ets>, wares. See <er>Market</er>, <er>Merit</er>, and cf. <er>Commerce</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.</def>

<blockquote>Others, like <b>merchants</b>, venture trade abroad. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A trading vessel; a merchantman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.</def> <mark>[U. S. & Scot.]</mark>

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<hw>Mer"chant</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; <as>as, the <ex>merchant</ex> service</as>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Merchant bar</col>, <col>Merchant iron</col> &or; <col>steel</col></mcol>, <cd>certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.</cd> -- <col>Merchant service</col>, <cd>the mercantile marine of a country.</cd> <i>Am. Cyc.</i> -- <col>Merchant ship</col>, <cd>a ship employed in commerce.</cd> -- <col>Merchant tailor</col>, <cd>a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Mer"chant</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be a merchant; to trade.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Merchantable</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"chant*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; <as>as, <ex>merchantable</ex> wheat</as>; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.</def>

<h1>Merchantly</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"chant*ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Merchantlike; suitable to the character or business of a merchant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Gauden.</i>

<h1>Merchantman</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"chant*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Merchantmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A merchant.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Matt. xiii. 45.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, <as>as, distinguished from a man-of-war</as>.</def>

<h1>Merchantry</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"chant*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The body of merchants taken collectively; <as>as, the <ex>merchantry</ex> of a country</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The business of a merchant; merchandise.</def>

<i>Walpole.</i>

<h1>Merciable</h1> <Xpage=913>

<hw>Mer"ci*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF.]</ety> <def>Merciful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Merciful</h1> <Xpage=913>