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Mercer
//ˈmɝsɚ// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A village on the Waikato River, Waikato region, New Zealand.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Mercer County, Illinois.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Adams County, Iowa.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Somerset County, Maine, named after Hugh Mercer.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Mercer County, Missouri.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in McLean County, North Dakota.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio, named after Hugh Mercer; formerly, Milan.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A township in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; A borough, the county seat of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Named after Hugh Mercer.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Madison County, Tennessee.
- 13 A number of places in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Iron County, Wisconsin.
Noun
- 1 A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
"... Acolastus-Polypragmon-Asotus, is here present (by the help of his mercer, tailor, milliner, sempster, and so forth) at his designed hour..."
- 2 a dealer in textiles (especially silks) wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman marcer, mercer (“merchant, textile merchant”), from merz (“commodity”) (from Latin merx).
Etymology 2
English and Catalan surname, variant of Mercier.
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