Mercer

['mɜːsə] or ['mɝsɚ]

(noun.) a dealer in textiles (especially silks).

(noun.) British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866).

Typed by Edmund--From WordNet

(n.) Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens.

Typed by Lesley

n. a merchant in silks and woollen cloths or in small wares.—n. Mer′cery the trade of a mercer: the goods of a mercer.

Typist: Sophie

Inputed by Hilary