Teabags first appeared commercially in the first decade of the 20th century and were successfully marketed by Thomas Sullivan, a tea merchant from New York, who shipped his teabags around the world.
The Royal Shakespeare Company is presenting The Merchant of Venice next week.
She married a rich merchant.
The merchant deals in silk goods.
A travelling merchant had bought the lamp, along with some other 'junk'.
The merchant accumulated tremendous fortune during the postwar era.
One night a merchant was walking up the slope on his way home.
Larger pirates often preyed on unarmed merchant ships.
The industrious merchant worships his ancestors.
As a result, he became a great merchant.
a wine/grain merchant
My grandfather was a merchant; he bought and sold coal.
He knew a lot about wine and its production and he decided to become a wine merchant and sell wine.
The merchants were very busy haggling with their customers over prices at the fête.
That boy was so clever that he was helpful to the merchant in dealing.