mercer

CEFRC2

/ˈmɝsɚ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who sells cloth, especially fine cloth.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A surname.

Examples

  • She was a skilled mercer and seamstress.

  • The mercer sold fine fabrics and threads.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A village on the Waikato River, Waikato region, New Zealand.

  2. A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.

More examples

In context

  • The wealthy mercer sold fine silk fabrics in London.

  • ... Acolastus-Polypragmon-Asotus, is here present (by the help of his mercer, tailor, milliner, sempster, and so forth) at his designed hour...

  • He passed, dallying, the windows of Brown Thomas, silk mercers.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The tailor bought fine silk from the local blank at the market.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Anglo-Norman marcer, mercer (“merchant, textile merchant”), from merz (“commodity”) (from Latin merx).