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mercer
[ mur-ser ]
noun
Chiefly British.
- a dealer in textile fabrics; dry-goods merchant.
Mercer
1/ ˈ³¾ÉœË²õÉ™ /
noun
- MercerJohnny19091976MUSMUSIC: popular songwriterMUSIC: singer Johnny , full name John Herndon Mercer. 1909–76, US popular songwriter and singer. His most popular songs include "Blues in the Night" (1941) and "Moon River" (1961)
mercer
2/ ˈ³¾ÉœË²õÉ™ /
noun
- a dealer in textile fabrics and fine cloth
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Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾±ð°ù³¦±ð°ù²â, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mercer1
C13: from Old French mercier dealer, from Vulgar Latin ³¾±ð°ù³¦¾±Äå°ù¾±³Ü²õ (unattested), from Latin merx goods, wares
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Example Sentences
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During her brief career as helper to the St. James' Market mercer, Emma chanced to attract the notice of a woman of quality who one day entered the shop.
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The projector of the next lighthouse for the Eddystone was again a London mercer, who kept a silk shop on Ludgate Hill.
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Mrs. Northey referred to the arrest by bailiffs, the news of which had reached Arlington Street through Lane the mercer.
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Good Master Mayor," quoth he, "I am a mercer of London town, And owner of vessels three.
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The mercer's stock-in-trade at Colchester was much upon a level with the carpenter's tools.
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