MERCHANT

One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader. Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad. Shak.

A trading vessel; a merchantman. [Obs.] Shak.

One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper. [U. S. & Scot.]

Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. Merchant bar, Merchant iron or steel, certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars. -- Merchant service, the mercantile marine of a country. Am. Cyc. -- Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce. -- Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes.

To be a merchant; to trade. [Obs.]