mercer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɜːsə/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈmɝsɚ/ (Canada, US)
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman marcer, mercer (“merchant, textile merchant”), from merz (“commodity”) (from Latin merx).
Meanings
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A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
... Acolastus-Polypragmon-Asotus, is here present (by the help of his mercer, tailor, milliner, sempster, and so forth) at his designed hour...
1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:He passed, dallying, the windows of Brown Thomas, silk mercers.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mercers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (8)
fi kangaskauppias (A merchant in fabrics and textiles) · ca mercer (A merchant in fabrics and textiles) · de Seidenwarenhändler (A merchant in fabrics and textiles) · de Stoffhändler (A merchant in fabrics and textiles) · ca mercera (A merchant in fabrics and textiles) · de Händler (A merchant in fabrics and textiles) · fr mercier (A merchant in fabrics and textiles) · fi silkkikauppias (A merchant in fabrics and textiles)