Noun: merchant mur-chunt
- A businessperson engaged in retail trade
"The merchant arranged the store display to attract customers";
- merchandiser
- Relating to commerce or merchants; on a commercial basis (e.g. without subsidies)
"The company operated on a merchant basis, without government support"
- (nautical) involved with trade
"They sailed on a merchant vessel"
Derived forms: merchants
Type of: bourgeois, businessperson
Encyclopedia: Merchant, Natalie