mercer has definitions from the fields of work,business
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[ noun ] (British) a dealer in textiles (especially silks)

Used in print

(Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)

When the family business failed , Mercer left school and on his mother 's urging - for she hoped that he would become an actor - he joined a local little theater group .

Related terms

trader UK

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 835
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[ noun ] (work) British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866)

Synonyms

john_mercer

Related terms

manufacturer mercerize

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