Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mercer

/ˈmɝsɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: mer-cer
IPA: /ˈmɝsɚ/

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Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.

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Example Sentences

"... Acolastus-Polypragmon-Asotus, is here present (by the help of his mercer, tailor, milliner, sempster, and so forth) at his designed hour..."
"He passed, dallying, the windows of Brown Thomas, silk mercers."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: marcer, merx, -

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɝsɚ/
British English: /ˈmɜːsə/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

mercers (plural)

Derived Forms

merceress mercership mercerize Mercerville

Phrases

Mercer County

Frequently Paired Words

haberdasher

Homonyms

mercer

Rhymes With

precursor cursor purser reverser verser bursar courser coercer

Questions

How do you pronounce mercer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɝsɚ/.
What does mercer mean?: A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
Where does mercer come from?: It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce mercer

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