Mercantile

mfcr'kan-tll, adj. pertaining to mer- chants commercial. [Fr. and It.— Low L merc an tilts—L. mercans, -antis, pr.p. of merc or, to trade tnerx, merc is, merchandise mereo to gain.) Mercenary, m6r'se-nar-i, adj hired for money actuated by the hope of reward greedy of gain — sold or done for money n. one who is hired a soldier hired into foreign service [Fr. —L. mercenarius—metres lure Mercer, mdrisir,**. a merchant in silks and woollen cloths. [Fr. merrier, from root of Merchant Mercery, m£r's6r-i, n. the trade of a mercer the goods of a mercer.