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merchantry

noun
/ˈmɜː(ɹ)t͡ʃəntɹi/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder. Anglo-Norman marchauntbor. Middle English marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie Middle English -rie English -ry English merchantry From merchant + -ry.

  1. derived from -erie Middle English -rie English -ry English merchantry From merchant + -ry
  2. derived from -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor
  3. derived from *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom✻
  4. derived from marchaunt English merchant Proto-Indo-European *-yósder
  5. derived from marchauntbor
  6. derived from *merks Latin merx Latin mercor Latin mercānsder✻

Definitions

  1. The body of merchants taken collectively.

    • the merchantry of a country

  2. The business of a merchant

    The business of a merchant; merchandise.

    • I wish human wit, which is really very considerable in mechanics and merchantry, could devise some method of cultivating canes and making sugar without the manual labour of the human species.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA