(slang, obsolete) A teacher of dancing. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see caper, merchant. (one who sells capers for food etc.)

plural of coal merchant

(dated) A person who deals in coal, either on a large scale or in a particular locality, where coal was weighed and bagged by the merchant, delivered to households and tipped into a coal bunker.

(boxing) A boxer who specializes in inflicting knockouts.

The quality of being merchandisable.

plural of dole merchant

(Ireland, slang, derogatory) A person who does not contribute to society and who lives off welfare.

plural of law merchant

plural of armed merchantman

(military, nautical) A warship converted from a merchant ship by the installation of weaponry, primarily for use in commerce raiding or defense against same.