<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.</li><li>A storekeeper; retailer: a local merchant who owns a store on Main Street.</li><li>Chiefly British, a wholesaler.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Pertaining to or used for trade or commerce: a merchant ship.</li><li>Pertaining to the merchant marine.</li><li>(Of bars and ingots) of standard shape or size.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>