Emily Dickinson Lexicon

merchant, n. [OFr] (webplay: buy, buyer, sell, supercargo, purchaser).

1. Buyer; purchaser; emptor; [fig.] redeemer; one who symbolically pays the price.
2. Seller; vender; sales representative.
3. Phrase. “Merchant of the Picturesque”: representative of all beauty; [kenning] Creator; Divine Redeemer.