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merchantry|ˈmɜːtʃəntrɪ|
[f. merchant n. + -ry. Cf. merchandry.]
1. The business of a merchant; trade, commercial dealings.
1789H. Walpole Let to Miss H. More Sept., I wish human wit, which is really very considerable in mechanics and merchantry, could [etc.]. a1800S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. 267 Most of the streets..have their titles from their Merchantry. 1864Mayhew German Life I. 165 In England,..where merchantry is something beyond that of mere pedlar's work.
2. The body of merchants collectively.
1862Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xiii. vi. (1872) V. 73 Our Town-Council, and whole Merchantry and Citizenry, safe under this Prussian Sceptre. |