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 steel, certain common sizes of wrought
iron and steel bars. -- Merchant service, 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.