Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Merchant
mention (-ed)merchantman (merchantmen)
merchant, n. [OFr] (webplay: buy, buyer, sell, supercargo, purchaser).
- Buyer; purchaser; emptor; [fig.] redeemer; one who symbolically pays the price.
- Seller; vender; sales representative.
- Phrase. “Merchant of the Picturesque”: representative of all beauty; [kenning] Creator; Divine Redeemer.
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