merchantry
English
noun
Definitions
- (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- (dated) The business of a merchant; merchandise.
Etymology
Suffix from English merchant.
Origin
English
merchant
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- merchant English
- merchantability English
- merchantable English
- merchantess English
- merchantlike English
- merchantly English
- merchantman English
- merchantwoman English
- nonmerchant English
- sleaze-merchant English
- winemerchant English
- marchant Middle English