merchantとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English marchaunt, from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, from Vulgar Latin *mercatantem, accusative of *mercatans, from the verb *mercatare, from Latin mercātus (“market”).

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝtʃənt/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmɜːtʃənt/
• ハイフネーション: mer‧chant
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃənt

名詞

merchant (複数形 merchants)

1. A person who traffics in commodities for profit.

   Synonym: trader

2. The owner or operator of a retail business.
3. A trading vessel; a merchantman.
   • 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i], line 5:

     Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant, and the merchant, / Have just our theme of woe.

4. (informal, sometimes derogatory) Someone who is noted for a stated type of activity or behaviour.

   He's some kind of speed merchant — he drives way too fast.

   Goal merchant Smith scored twice again in the match against Mudchester Rovers.

5. (obsolete) A supercargo.

派生語

関連する語

• mercantile
• merchandise