plural of merchant navy

plural of merchant tailor

plural of merchant venturer

(historical) A body of commercial law.

(military slang) A civilian. / (military slang, by extension) Someone with a cushy job or without combat experience.

A sailor who works on a merchant marine

Synonym of country store (“general store in a rural setting”)

(slang, obsolete) A teacher of dancing. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hop, merchant. (one who sells hops for brewing)

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

(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.