One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.
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One who barters.
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One who sells books.
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Same as Bibliopole.
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One who deals in cheese.
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An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer.
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One who makes or deals in cutlery, or knives and other cutting instruments.
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One who sells cloths; a dealer in cloths; as, a draper and tailor.
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That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
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A dealer in fish.
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A dealer in iron or hardware.
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Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.
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One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker.
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One who, or that which, pushes.
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One who sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th Slop, 3.
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One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
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Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles, firm wood.
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A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…
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One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.
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A trader.
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One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.
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One who sells.
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One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant.
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One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent, for a price or pecuniary…
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A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.
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A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
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A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
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Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
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Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
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A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.
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A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.
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One who makes a bargain; -- sometimes in the sense of bargainor.
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A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.
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Highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree; most considerable or important; chief; main; as, the principal officers of a Government…
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One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Ind…
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