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Merchant

One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.

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Baker 76% connected

One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.

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Bargainer 76% connected

One who makes a bargain; -- sometimes in the sense of bargainor.

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Butcher 76% connected

One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.

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Clothier 76% connected

One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth.

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Dealer 76% connected

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 d…

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Grocer 76% connected

A trader who deals in tea, sugar, spices, coffee, fruits, and various other commodities.

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Haberdasher 76% connected

A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter.

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Hatter 76% connected

To tire or worry; -- out.

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Jeweler 76% connected

One who makes, or deals in, jewels, precious stones, and similar ornaments.

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Marketer 76% connected

One who attends a market to buy or sell; one who carries goods to market.

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Milliner 76% connected

Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women.

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Modiste 76% connected

A female maker of, or dealer in, articles of fashion, especially of the fashionable dress of ladies; a woman who gives direction to the style or mode…

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Monger 76% connected

A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger.

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Poulterer 76% connected

One who deals in poultry.

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Retailer 76% connected

One who retails anything; as, a retailer of merchandise; a retailer of gossip.

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Salter 76% connected

One who makes, sells, or applies salt; one who salts meat or fish.

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Seller 76% connected

One who sells.

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Shopkeeper 76% connected

A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale.

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Stationer 76% connected

A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere.

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Storekeeper 76% connected

A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper.

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Trader 76% connected

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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Trafficker 76% connected

One who traffics, or carries on commerce; a trader; a merchant.

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Vender 76% connected

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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Vendor 76% connected

A vender; a seller; the correlative of vendee.

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Venturer 76% connected

One who ventures, or puts to hazard; an adventurer.

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Vintner 76% connected

One who deals in wine; a wine seller, or wine merchant.

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Broader term 1

Bourgeois 76% connected

A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.

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Trade 74% connected

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

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Trade 74% connected

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

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Synonym 1

Merchandiser 92% connected

A trader.

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