merchandiser

/ˈmʌrtʃɪndaɪzər/

/ˈmʌtʃəndaɪzə/

Other forms: merchandisers

Definitions of merchandiser

1. noun

   a businessperson engaged in retail trade
   synonyms: merchant

   examples:

   Charles Henry Harrod

   English merchant who took over a shop in London that was expanded by his son into a prestigious department store (1800-1885)

   Charles Digby Harrod

   English merchant who expanded his father's shop in London into a prestigious department store (1841-1905)

   types:

   baker

   someone who bakes commercially

   book seller, bookdealer

   a dealer in books; a merchant who sells books

   butcher, meatman

   a retailer of meat

   clothier, haberdasher

   a merchant who sells men's clothing

   grain merchant

   a merchant who deals in food grains

   grocer

   a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)

   hatmaker, hatter, milliner, modiste

   someone who makes and sells hats

   jeweler, jeweller

   someone in the business of selling jewelry

   poulterer, poultryman

   a dealer in poultry and poultry products

   retail merchant, retailer

   a merchant who sells goods at retail

   rug merchant

   a merchant who sells rugs

   salt merchant, salter

   someone who makes or deals in salt

   schlockmeister, shlockmeister

   (slang) a merchant who deals in shoddy or inferior merchandise

   marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor

   someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

   market keeper, shopkeeper, storekeeper, tradesman

   a merchant who owns or manages a shop

   stationer, stationery seller

   a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies

   bargainer, dealer, monger, trader

   someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold

   merchant-venturer, venturer

   a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)

   vintner, wine merchant

   someone who sells wine

   booking clerk, ticket agent

   someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)

   art dealer

   a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation

   barterer

   a trader who exchanges goods and not money

   bibliopole, bibliopolist

   a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books)

   chandler

   a seller of provisions and supplies, especially for ships

   cheesemonger

   someone who sells cheese

   cleaner, dry cleaner

   a person who works at a shop that specializes in washing fabric without water

   cosmetician

   someone who sells or applies cosmetics

   barrow-boy, barrow-man, costermonger

   a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow

   cutler

   a dealer in cutlery

   draper

   a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)

   fence

   a dealer in stolen property

   fishmonger, fishwife

   someone who sells fish

   florist

   someone who grows and deals in flowers

   flower girl

   a woman who sells flowers in the street

   fruiterer

   a person who sells fruit

   greengrocer

   a grocer who sells fresh fruits and vegetables

   horse trader

   a hard bargainer

   hosier

   a tradesman who sells hosiery and (in England) knitwear

   cheap-jack, huckster

   a seller of shoddy goods

   hardwareman, ironmonger

   someone who sells hardware

   licensee

   someone to whom a license is granted

   mercer

   a dealer in textiles (especially silks)

   newsagent, newsdealer, newsstand operator, newsvendor

   someone who sells newspapers

   hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman

   someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)

   pork butcher

   a vendor of pork and products made from pork

   seedman, seedsman

   a dealer in seeds

   selling agent

   someone who sells goods (on commission) for others

   slop-seller, slopseller

   a dealer in cheap ready-made clothing

   stamp dealer

   a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors)

   stock trader

   someone who buys and sells stock shares

   tobacconist

   a retail dealer in tobacco and tobacco-related articles

   dealer

   a seller of illicit goods

   underseller

   a seller that sells at a lower price than others do

   type of:

   bourgeois, businessperson

   a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise