mercer
noun
a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
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mercer
American
[mur-ser]
/ ˈmɜr sər /
noun
Chiefly British.
Mercer
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British
/ ˈmɜːsə /
noun
mercer
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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
During her brief career as helper to the St. James' Market mercer, Emma chanced to attract the notice of a woman of quality who one day entered the shop.
From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson
He was born probably in 1422 or 1423, and further than this we know nothing of him till his apprenticeship to Robert Large, a London mercer.
From The Story of Books by Rawlings, Gertrude Burford
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