mercer
noun
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
mercer
American
[mur-ser]
/ ˈmɜr sər /
noun
Chiefly British.
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mercers
plural
Mercer
1
British
/ ˈmɜːsə /
noun
mercer
2
British
/ ˈmɜːsə /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of mercer
1150–1200; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French mercier merchant, equivalent to merz merchandise (< Latin merx, accusative mercem ) + -ier -ier 2; see -er 2
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UConn: UConn, which beat mercer 83-38 in the first round, improves to 18-3 as a No. 2 seed and 29-2 all-time in the second round, where they last lost in 1992.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
One of them, the mercer William Caxton, saw the potential of this type of literature if circulated in print.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2011
A prosperous Bordeaux mercer has the misfortune to upset his gig in a ditch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Good Master Mayor," quoth he, "I am a mercer of London town, And owner of vessels three.
From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various
But the head gear, Garret," rejoined Dauntrees, laughing; "you pay for that, though the mercer saw my coin for it.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by John P. Kennedy
“Domestic equity markets were roughly flat month over month, while interest rates sharply rose despite the Fed holding rates steady,” said Mercer partner Matt McDaniel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“They’re different in many ways,” said Calvin Mercer, an East Carolina University religious studies professor who writes about human enhancement technologies.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
Glasgow singer Kerr Mercer opened up the Main Stage and later told BBC Scotland he had been so nervous that he forgot the words to his first song.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Mercer took over management of the $200 million Tuvalu Trust Fund in 2022.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
“Now that he’s proved Mercer doesn’t exist it’s very important to watch him. I drive a truck for the Van Ness Pet Hospital, which is owned by Mr. Hannibal S-S-Sloat.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Garthwaite's designs were bought by the major mercers, woven by master weavers and worn by men and women of the highest rank.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2010
Under pressure from cotton mercers who protested that the Government's cotton holdings acted as a "cloud" over the market, the Federal Farm Board last week announced the coming of a cloudburst.
From Time Magazine Archive
Public entertainments, frippery, and splendour made frightful inroads; and when the domestic table was spread, the invisible shapes of tailors, bootmakers, milliners, mercers, and hairdressers sat down and helped to consume poor pater-familias' dinner.
From A Hungarian Nabob by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
St. Thomas's Church was a large structure, probably rich in monuments, though many of the illustrious mercers were buried in Bow Church, St. Pancras, Soper Lane, St. Antholin's, Watling Street, and St. Benet Sherehog.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
In the reign of Henry VI. the mercers had become great dealers in silks and velvets, and had resigned to the haberdashers the sale of small articles of dress.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
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