plural of law merchant

A businessman employed at, or a partner at a merchant bank. / (chiefly Britain, rhyming slang) A wanker. (In this sense, the term can also be abbreviated to merchant.)

A bank which provides financial services for businesses.

A marine cargo vessel.

(historical) A late-medieval organiser of trading expeditions, especially one belonging to the Society of Merchant Venturers.

plural of scrap merchant

Synonym of scrap dealer.

A tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes.

A purveyor of sleaze; one who sells immoral material

A ship dedicated to commercial, rather than military, purposes. / (uncountable) Synonym of merchant navy. The fleet considered as an entire combined force.