mercer
mercer — 名詞
1. someone whose business is buying and selling high-quality cloth, silk, and other
綢緞商
買賣高級布料絲綢的商人
someone whose business is buying and selling high-quality cloth, silk, and other fine woven materials, especially in historical contexts.
The local mercer sold Eitan a roll of fine Chinese silk for his wedding coat.
當地的綢緞商賣了一卷上等中國絲綢給 Eitan，用來做他的結婚禮服。
collocation: 'sold [sb] [sth]' for mercer's trade
In eighteenth-century London, a successful mercer could own a large shop on a busy street.
在十八世紀的倫敦，成功的綢緞商可以在熱鬧的街上擁有一間大店面。
historic context: eighteenth-century London
Putri's grandfather worked as a mercer and traded fine wool and velvet fabrics.
Putri 的祖父從前是綢緞商，買賣上等羊毛和天鵝絨布料。
A well-known mercer named Kofi supplied velvet to the royal court for important ceremonies.
一位名為 Kofi 的知名綢緞商供應天鵝絨給皇家宮廷，用於重要典禮。
- draper
more common in British English; a draper typically sells cloth and clothing items, while a mercer specialised in expensive textiles like silk
- cloth merchant
modern, general term; less specific to luxury fabrics than 'mercer'
- textile merchant
broader in scope; can include bulk industrial materials as well as fine fabrics
用法筆記
Now largely historical; the word is rarely used for modern fabric retailers, who are simply called cloth merchants or fabric sellers.