merchant

One whose occupation is the wholesale purchase and retail sale of goods for profit.

One who runs a retail business; a shopkeeper.

Of or relating to merchants, merchandise, or commercial trade.

Of or relating to the merchant marine.

To trade; buy or sell; deal; barter; traffic; negotiate.

One who is engaged in the business of buying commercial commodities and selling them again for the sake of profit; especially, one who buys and sells in quantity or by wholesale.

A supercargo; the person in charge of the business affairs of a trading expedition.

A merchant ship or vessel; a merchantman.

A shop-keeper or store-keeper.

5. A fellow; a chap.