| Merchant 1. (n.) One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader. 2. (n.) A trading vessel; a merchantman. 3. (n.) One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper. 4. (a.) Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. 5. (v. i.) To be a merchant; to trade. Thesaurus Entries agent, baron, broker, business, businessman, caterer, chandler, commercial, commissariat, commissary, dealer, distributor, donor, drummer, forwarder, furnisher, hawker, huckster, importer, industrial, industrialist, jobber, magnate, manciple, marketer, mercantile, merchandiser, merchant prince, middleman, mogul, monger, patron, provider, provisioner, purveyor, quartermaster, regrater, retail, retail dealer, retail merchant, retailer, seller, shopkeeper, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, supplier, sutler, trade, trader, tradesman, tradeswoman, trading, trafficker, tycoon, vendor, victualer, vivandier, wholesale, wholesaler |