merchant

merchant

noun

Definition of MERCHANT

a buyer and seller of goods for profit <free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border>

Synonyms dealer, merchandiser, trader, tradesman, trafficker

Related Words businessman, enterpriser, entrepreneur; buyer, marketer, purchaser; hawker, huckster, hustler, peddler (also pedlar); retailer, seller, shopkeeper, storekeeper, vendor (also vender); engrosser, monopolist; jobber, middleman, wholesaler; distributor, provider, provisioner, purveyor, supplier