merchandiser

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noun

A trader, seller or merchant, especially in the retail trade.

Similar
merchant
OriginEnglish merchandise ← Middle English marchaundisen ← Old French marcheandise →
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Meanings

nounmerchandiser (plural merchandisers)

plural merchandisers

  1. A trader, seller or merchant, especially in the retail trade.
  2. An arcade machine which dispenses prizes to winners.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna businessperson engaged in retail trade

Similar
merchant
Broader
businesspersonbourgeois
Also see
merchant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanmarchaundise
  2. Latinmercātus
  3. Vulgar Latin*mercātāntem
  4. Old Frenchmarcheant
  5. Old Frenchmarcheandise
  6. Middle Englishmarchaundise
  7. Middle Englishmarchaundisen
  8. Englishmerchandise
  9. Englishmerchandiser

From merchandise + -er.

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Translations

Spanish merchandiser
  • merchandiserTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

merchandiser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merchandiser

MLA

“merchandiser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merchandiser. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “merchandiser,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merchandiser.

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