merchantry

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The body of merchants taken collectively. dated,uncountable,usually
    — the merchantry of a country
  2. The business of a merchant; merchandise. dated,uncountable,usually
    — I wish human wit, which is really very considerable in mechanics and merchantry, could devise some method of cultivating canes and making sugar without the manual labour of the human species.

词形变化

merchantries plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *merks
Latin merx
Latin mercor
Latin mercānsder.
Anglo-Norman marchauntbor.
Middle English marchaunt
English merchant
Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye
English -ry
English merchantry
From merchant + -ry.
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