marcantant
English
Etymology
From Italian mercatante. See merchant.
Noun
marcantant (plural not attested)
- (obsolete, nonce word) A merchant.
- c. 1590–1592, Shakespeare, William, The Taming of the Shrew, Act 4, Scene 2:
- Master, a marcantant or a pedant, / I know not what – but formal in apparel, / In gait and countenance surely like a father.
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