- a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- a storekeeper; retailer: a local merchant who owns a store on Main Street.
- a wholesaler.
- pertaining to or used for trade or commerce: a merchant ship.
- pertaining to the merchant marine.
- (of bars and ingots) of standard shape or size.
- a person engaged in the purchase and sale of commodities for profit, esp on international markets; trader
- a person engaged in retail trade
- (esp in historical contexts) any trader
- a person dealing or involved in something undesirable
- (modifier)
- of the merchant navy
- of or concerned with trade
- to conduct trade in; deal in
- Ismail (ˈɪzmeɪəl). 1936–2005, Indian film producer, noted for his collaboration with James Ivory on such films as Shakespeare Wallah (1965), The Europeans (1979), A Room with a View (1986), The Remains of the Day (1993), and The Golden Bowl (2000)
