mercātor (noun M) : id.
* A trader, merchant, esp. a wholesale dealer (opp. to caupo, a retailer; class.).
* Lit.: venalicii mercatoresque,Cic. Or. 70, 232: multi ad eos mercatores ventitant,Caes. B. G. 4, 3.
* Transf.
* A dealer, speculator: non consules, sed mercatores provinciarum,Cic. post Red. in Sen. 4, 10.—Rarely of a petty dealer: vilis sacci mercator olentis,Juv. 14, 269.
* A buyer, purchaser: signorum,Cic. Verr. 1, 20, 60: veneni,Juv. 13, 154.

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