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Webster 1913 Edition


Mercer

Mer′cer

,
Noun.
[F.
mercier
, fr. L.
merx
,
mercis
, wares, merchandise. See
Merchant
.]
Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.
[Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Mercer

MER'CER

,
Noun.
[L. merx, wares, commodities.]
One who deals in silks.