mercer
noun
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
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mercer
American
[mur-ser]
/ ˈmɜr sər /
noun
Chiefly British.
mercers
plural
Mercer
1
British
/ ˈmɜːsə /
noun
mercer
2
British
/ ˈmɜːsə /
noun
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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
The beau, taken aback by her manner, turned to the silk mercer, who came slowly forward.
From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John
And one of theym named sheffelde, a mercer, cam in to an hows and axed for mete, and specyally he axyd after eggys, And the goode wyf answerde, that she coude speke no frenshe.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
“The Trump account is really a prefunding of a retirement account,” Bryan Strike, senior director of financial planning at Mercer Advisors, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 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
“It’s not a question of whether you will own it or not own it,” Mercer Advisors Chief Investment Officer Don Calcagni told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026
AFP analysed this data for 14 Mercer funds held by Tuvalu.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
She—it—would have gotten me, he said to himself, except for the fact that Mercer warned me.
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
I trust it’ll wear better than mine, for if ever a camlet was no worth, ’tis that Dear heart, the roguery of wool-drapers, and mercers beside!
From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)
My parents, who were mercers in Verdiers, and rather rich, had much ambition on my account.
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. by Maupassant, Guy de
O! her lamps of a night! her rich goldsmiths, print-shops, toy-shops, mercers, hardwaremen, pastry-cooks!
From Charles Lamb by Jerrold, Walter
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