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Definition of: merchant
(mûr′chənt) noun
1. A person who buys and sells commodities as a business or for profit; a trader.
2. A shopkeeper; storekeeper.
—adjective Of or pertaining to merchants or merchandise; commercial. [<OF marchant <L mercari traffic, buy <merx, mercis wares]
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