Archaic/literary verb meaning ‘to trade; to carry on commerce’
Definitionen
(archaic or literary) To engage in trade; to buy and sell commodities for profit. Throughout the Middle Ages, townsmen would merchant in textiles along the river market.
Used attributively before another noun to denote relation to merchants or commerce (e.g., "merchant shipping").
Definitionen
Relating to merchants, trade, or commercial activities; commercial. Merchant ships carried valuable cargo across the Atlantic.