MERCHANT

n. seller, marketer; trader, retailer

adj. mercantile, commercial, of or pertaining to trade or commerce, industrial

"Merchant" is also a common surname. Merchants function as professionals who deal with trade, dealing in commodities that they do not produce themselves, in order to produce profit.Merchants can be of two types:A wholesale merchant operates in the chain between producer and retail merchant. Some wholesale merchants only organize the movement of goods rather than move the goods themselves.A retail merchant or retailer, sells commodities to consumers (including businesses). A shop owner is a retail merchant.
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Noun
1. a businessperson engaged in retail trade
(synonym) merchandiser
(hypernym) businessperson, bourgeois
(hyponym) baker

(v. i.)
To be a merchant; to trade.
  

(n.)
One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.
  

(n.)
One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper.
  

(n.)
A trading vessel; a merchantman.
  

(a.)
Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service.
  

_an independent marketing intermediary.