Turkey merchant

noun

A member of the Levant Company or Turkey Company, an English chartered company formed in 1581 to conduct English trade with Turkey and the Levant or its successors, dissolved in 1825.

Meanings

nounTurkey merchant (plural Turkey merchants)

plural Turkey merchants

  1. historicalA member of the Levant Company or Turkey Company, an English chartered company formed in 1581 to conduct English trade with Turkey and the Levant or its successors, dissolved in 1825.
  2. Any merchant dealing in the same geographic area or in similar goods.
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