comerciante

Definitions of comerciante
  1. noun
    a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)
    synonyms: dependiente, vendedor
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    representante, representante de ventas
    someone who demonstrates an article to a prospective buyer
    dependiente, vendedor
    a salesperson in a store
    dependienta, vendedora
    a woman salesperson
    librero
    a book salesman
    dependienta
    a young female shop assistant
    viajante
    a salesman who travels to call on customers
    type of:
    empleado
    a worker who is hired to perform a job
  2. noun
    someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
    synonyms: tratante
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    marchante, marchante de arte
    a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation
    baratador, cambista
    a trader who exchanges goods and not money
    bibliopola
    a dealer in secondhand books (especially rare or curious books)
    cuchillero
    a dealer in cutlery
    lencero, pañero, sedero
    a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)
    pescadera, pescadero
    someone who sells fish
    tratante de caballos
    a hard bargainer
    ferretero
    someone who sells hardware
    mercero
    a dealer in textiles (especially silks)
    filatélico
    a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors)
    distribuidor
    someone who buys and sells stock shares
    type of:
    mercader, negociante
    a businessperson engaged in retail trade
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