Entry Word: merchant

Function: noun

Meaning: 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; buyer, purchaser; hawker, peddler (also pedlar); retailer, seller, shopkeeper, storekeeper, vendor (also vender); jobber, middleman, wholesaler; distributor, provider, supplier