merchant

Example Sentences

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Dove is the bound-foot daughter of an imperial scholar who came to the city to become one of the locked-away wives of a decades-older merchant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

North Korea’s pre-Covid economy had increasingly centered on black markets selling goods smuggled from China or under-the-table local goods—and with it the rise of a “donju” merchant class who made their wealth outside state control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Navy struck a merchant ship trying to avoid the blockade of Iranian ports, the Associated Press reported.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

For hundreds of thousands of Indians, merchant shipping jobs are a lucrative proposition despite the inherent risks.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

His father, a wealthy merchant, died in 1483 or 1484, and Nicolaus was brought up in the household of his mother’s brother, Lucas Waczenrode, who became the bishop of Ermeland.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin