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Meaning of Mercer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈmɝsɚ

Definitions

  1. A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
  2. A surname.
  3. A village on the Waikato River, Waikato region, New Zealand.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. A township in Mercer County, Illinois.
  6. A township in Adams County, Iowa.
  7. A town in Somerset County, Maine, named after Hugh Mercer.
  8. A minor city in Mercer County, Missouri.
  9. An unincorporated community in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
  10. A minor city in McLean County, North Dakota.
  11. An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio, named after Hugh Mercer; formerly, Milan.
  12. A township in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
  13. A borough, the county seat of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Named after Hugh Mercer.
  14. An unincorporated community in Madison County, Tennessee.
  15. A town and census-designated place therein, in Iron County, Wisconsin.

Equivalents

Examples

“... Acolastus-Polypragmon-Asotus, is here present (by the help of his mercer, tailor, milliner, sempster, and so forth) at his designed hour...”
“He passed, dallying, the windows of Brown Thomas, silk mercers.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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