mercer

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
  2. noun British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman marcer, mercer (“merchant, textile merchant”), from merz (“commodity”) (from Latin merx).

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