merchant
/ˈmɝt͡ʃənt/ verb C2- As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident. · a merchanting service
He/she/it merchants · Past merchanted · Past participle merchanted · -ing form merchanting
Verb forms
- Base form
- merchant
- He/she/it
- merchants
- Past
- merchanted
- Past participle
- merchanted
- -ing form
- merchanting
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Look well at his right hand, on which he has a large wound; if you forgot his features, you would know him by that hand, into which fell, one by one, the gold pieces of the merchant El-Kobbir!” I know him!
“Before he entered the merchant service, had he ever served in the marines?”
He is the most estimable, the most trustworthy creature in the world, and I will venture to say, there is not a better seaman in all the merchant service.
“You are aware, monsieur, that a man may be estimable and trustworthy in private life, and the best seaman in the merchant service, and yet be, politically speaking, a great criminal.
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