merchant has definitions from the fields of work,business
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[ noun ] (work,business) a businessperson engaged in retail trade

Synonyms

merchandiser

Used in print

(Douglas Ashford, "Elections in Morocco: Progress...)

As the more conservative group with strong backing from wealthy businessmen , the U.M.C.I.A. was generally favored against the more progressive , labor based U.N.F.P. The newer party campaigned heavily , while the older , more confident party expected the Moroccan merchants and small_businessmen to support them as they had done for many years .

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

These were the ships of His Majesty 's Navy , herding the hulks of the East_Indies merchants and the yachts and ketches of the loyalists .

The moral aridity of merchants made them loyal usually to their ledgers .

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 2147
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