mer·chant /ˈmɝʧənt/
 商人,店主(a.)商業的,商人的
 Mer·chant n.
 1. One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.
    Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad.   --Shak.
 2. A trading vessel; a merchantman. [Obs.]
 3. One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper. [U. S. & Scot.]
 Mer·chant, a. Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service.
 Merchant bar, Merchant iron or Merchant steel, certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
 Merchant service or Merchant marine, the mercantile marine of a country. --Am. Cyc.
 Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce.
 Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes.
 Mer·chant, v. i. To be a merchant; to trade. [Obs.]
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 merchant
      n : a businessperson engaged in retail trade [syn: merchandiser]
 Merchant
    The Hebrew word so rendered is from a root meaning "to travel
    about," "to migrate," and hence "a traveller." In the East, in
    ancient times, merchants travelled about with their merchandise
    from place to place (Gen. 37:25; Job 6:18), and carried on their
    trade mainly by bartering (Gen. 37:28; 39:1). After the Hebrews
    became settled in Palestine they began to engage in commercial
    pursuits, which gradually expanded (49:13; Deut. 33:18; Judg.
    5:17), till in the time of Solomon they are found in the chief
    marts of the world (1 Kings 9:26; 10:11, 26, 28; 22:48; 2 Chr.
    1:16; 9:10, 21). After Solomon's time their trade with foreign
    nations began to decline. After the Exile it again expanded into
    wider foreign relations, because now the Jews were scattered in
    many lands.