merchant
businessperson who trades in commodities that were produced by others
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Summary
merchant is a profession[1]. merchant ranks in the top 6% of profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,277 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: businessperson[3], trader[4], economic agent[5]
- Commons category: Merchants[6]
- Field of this occupation: trading[7]
- Said to be the same as: tradesperson[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Merchants[9]
- Described by source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[13], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[15], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17]
- Owner of: merchant's house[18]
- Different from: Q17367106[19], sole proprietorship[20]
- Female form of label: Kauffrau[21], купчиха[22], obchodnice[23], handelaarster[24], marchande[25], تاجرة[26], komercistino[27], trgovka[28], סוחרת[29], comerciante[30], iş kadını[31], comercianta[32], трговкиња[33], mercatrix[34]
- Male form of label: comerciante[35], iş adamı[36], торговец[37], трговац[38], mercator[39], commerciante[40], купец[41], pirklys[42], marchand[43], Händler[44], comerciant[45]
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Influence
Things named for merchant include Piazza Mercanti[46], a square[47], in Italy[48]; Kaufmann[49], a family name[50], in Germany[51]; and Köpmangatan[52], a street[53], in Sweden[54].
Why It Matters
merchant has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] merchant is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for merchant include Piazza Mercanti[46], a square[47], in Italy[48]; Kaufmann[49], a family name[50], in Germany[51]; and Köpmangatan[52], a street[53], in Sweden[54].