Thesaurus results for MERCHANT

merchant

noun

ˈmər-chənt

as in trader

a buyer and seller of goods for profit free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border

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Recent Examples of merchant The backstory Built in 1776, Coworth Park was the home of an East India merchant, William Shepheard. —

Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026 The bridge eventually gained a reputation for being the victim of periodic vehicle strikes, frequent enough that a local merchant who owned a store nearby kept buckets of paint and some repair supplies handy at the back of his shop. —

Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026 Shopify Plus recently partnered with Uber to enable its merchants to opt into its Uber Direct platform, which allows sellers like Gymshark, Skims and Fashion Nova to integrate the on-demand delivery service to their Shopify online store and point-of-sale system. —

Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026 What gives me hope is seeing women and men, the merchants and the retirees, all sections of Iranian society come together in the recent protests. —

Azar Nafisi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for merchant

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Harper and Yasmin, who’s emerged as the series’ co-lead, started out among Pierpoint’s newest hires; by the end of Season 3, the firm had been effectively dissolved, its novice traders scattered to the winds.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Stocks futures are lower this morning as traders look ahead to Wednesday's big jobs report and Friday's consumer price index reading.

— Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026