marcantant
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian mercatante. See merchant.
Noun edit
marcantant (plural not attested)
- (obsolete, nonce word) A merchant.
- c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, 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.