MERCHANT
NOUNS – PERSON
► BALLOONIST a merchant who charges excessive prices for his goods → World War II Amer. sl.
► BAZAARI an Iranian merchant or shop owner → 1978
► CHICKEN NABOB a merchant who has returned from India with a moderate rather than a magnificent fortune → L18 sl.
► DUSTYFOOT a traveller, a wayfarer; a travelling peddler or merchant → a1400 Sc. obs.
► FACTOR one who buys or sells for another person; a mercantile agent; a commission merchant → 1491
► FARAND-MAN a traveller, a stranger; an itinerant merchant → a1400 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
► GENERAL DEALER a merchant or shopkeeper who deals in many kinds of goods → 1709
► GENERAL MERCHANT a merchant or shopkeeper who deals in many kinds of goods → 1901 (Bk.)
► MAHCHEEN a merchant → 1864 Anglo-Chinese
► MARCANTANT a merchant → 1596 obs.
► MASSER a merchant → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► MONGER a merchant, trader, dealer, or trafficker, frequently of a specified commodity; from the 16th century, a person engaged in a petty or disreputable trade or traffic → a975
► NEGOTIANT a merchant or trader → 1768 obs.
► OCCUPIER one who employs money or goods in trading; a trader, dealer, merchant → 1509 obs.
► PACKIE a peddler; a travelling merchant in soft goods → 1832 Sc.
► PACKIEMAN a peddler; a travelling merchant in soft goods → 1868 Sc.
► PACK-MERCHANT a peddler; a travelling merchant in soft goods → 1877 Sc.
► PALINGMAN a merchant born in England → 1775 (Bk.)
► SCAT-MERCHANT a merchant who has failed in business → 1882 Eng. dial.
► SHONK a Jewish merchant → 19C sl., derogatory
► SHONKEY ► SHONKY a Jewish merchant → 19C sl., derogatory
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