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Mercer

Mercer \Mer"cer\, n. [F. mercier, fr. L. merx, mercis, wares, merchandise. See Merchant.] Originally, a dealer in any kind of goods or wares; now restricted to a dealer in textile fabrics, as silks or woolens. [Eng.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mercer

early 12c., "dealer in textile," from Old French mercier "shopkeeper, tradesman," from Vulgar Latin *merciarius, from Latin merx (see market (n.)).

Wiktionary
mercer

n. A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.

WordNet
mercer
  1. n. a dealer in textiles (especially silks)

  2. British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866) [syn: John Mercer]

Gazetteer
Mercer, MO -- U.S. town in Missouri
Population (2000): 342
Housing Units (2000): 193
Land area (2000): 0.353933 sq. miles (0.916683 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.353933 sq. miles (0.916683 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47486
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 40.511846 N, 93.529509 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64661
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mercer, MO
Mercer
Mercer, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 86
Housing Units (2000): 56
Land area (2000): 0.215993 sq. miles (0.559420 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.007651 sq. miles (0.019816 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.223644 sq. miles (0.579236 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52340
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 47.490594 N, 100.711254 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58559
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mercer, ND
Mercer
Mercer, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 2391
Housing Units (2000): 1086
Land area (2000): 1.238687 sq. miles (3.208185 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.004294 sq. miles (0.011121 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.242981 sq. miles (3.219306 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48696
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.226347 N, 80.237436 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 16137
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Mercer, PA
Mercer
Mercer -- U.S. County in Kentucky
Population (2000): 20817
Housing Units (2000): 9289
Land area (2000): 250.915844 sq. miles (649.869025 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.196707 sq. miles (5.689445 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 253.112551 sq. miles (655.558470 sq. km)
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 37.782987 N, 84.848614 W
Headwords:
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Mercer, KY
Mercer County
Mercer County, KY
Mercer -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000): 16957
Housing Units (2000): 7109
Land area (2000): 561.024464 sq. miles (1453.046630 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 7.859359 sq. miles (20.355646 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 568.883823 sq. miles (1473.402276 sq. km)
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 41.201226 N, 90.730320 W
Headwords:
Mercer
Mercer, IL
Mercer County
Mercer County, IL
Mercer -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 3757
Housing Units (2000): 2125
Land area (2000): 454.175881 sq. miles (1176.310082 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.001537 sq. miles (2.593970 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 455.177418 sq. miles (1178.904052 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 40.428383 N, 93.577593 W
Headwords:
Mercer
Mercer, MO
Mercer County
Mercer County, MO
Mercer -- U.S. County in Ohio
Population (2000): 40924
Housing Units (2000): 15875
Land area (2000): 463.265405 sq. miles (1199.851841 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 10.028853 sq. miles (25.974609 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 473.294258 sq. miles (1225.826450 sq. km)
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.527317 N, 84.619566 W
Headwords:
Mercer
Mercer, OH
Mercer County
Mercer County, OH
Mercer -- U.S. County in New Jersey
Population (2000): 350761
Housing Units (2000): 133280
Land area (2000): 225.929010 sq. miles (585.153425 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.906802 sq. miles (7.528582 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 228.835812 sq. miles (592.682007 sq. km)
Located within: New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location: 40.252908 N, 74.711654 W
Headwords:
Mercer
Mercer, NJ
Mercer County
Mercer County, NJ
Mercer -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000): 8644
Housing Units (2000): 4402
Land area (2000): 1045.488660 sq. miles (2707.803083 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 66.934601 sq. miles (173.359813 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1112.423261 sq. miles (2881.162896 sq. km)
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 47.284699 N, 101.686375 W
Headwords:
Mercer
Mercer, ND
Mercer County
Mercer County, ND
Mercer -- U.S. County in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 120293
Housing Units (2000): 49859
Land area (2000): 671.815970 sq. miles (1739.995300 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 10.757464 sq. miles (27.861703 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 682.573434 sq. miles (1767.857003 sq. km)
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.294427 N, 80.313128 W
Headwords:
Mercer
Mercer, PA
Mercer County
Mercer County, PA
Mercer -- U.S. County in West Virginia
Population (2000): 62980
Housing Units (2000): 30143
Land area (2000): 420.428274 sq. miles (1088.904184 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.257237 sq. miles (0.666240 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 420.685511 sq. miles (1089.570424 sq. km)
Located within: West Virginia (WV), FIPS 54
Location: 37.347449 N, 81.155239 W
Headwords:
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Mercer, WV
Mercer County
Mercer County, WV
Wikipedia
Mercer

Mercer may refer to:

Mercer (automobile)

Mercer was an American automobile manufacturer from 1909 until 1925. It was notable for its high-performance cars, especially the Type 35 Raceabout.

Mercer (consulting firm)

Mercer is the world's largest human resources consulting firm. Headquartered in New York City, Mercer has more than 20,500 employees, is based in more than 40 countries, and operates internationally in more than 130 countries. Mercer is a subsidiary of global professional services firm Marsh & McLennan.

Mercer (G.I. Joe)

Mercer is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is a member of the G.I. Joe Team as one of Sgt. Slaughter's Renegades and debuted in 1987.

Mercer (surname)

Mercer is an English and Scottish surname. It is an occupational name, derived from the Old French word "mercier" or "merchier", meaning a merchant: originally one trading in textiles ( mercery).

Mercer (given name)

Mercer is the given name of:

  • Mercer Barrows, American television producer, art director and writer
  • Mercer Ellington (1919-1996), American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger
  • Mercer Mayer (born 1943), American children's book writer and illustrator
  • Mercer Reynolds (born 1945), American businessman
  • Mercer Simpson (1926-2007), English writer active in Welsh literary circles

Usage examples of "mercer".

He had instead been cultivating his acquaintanceship with Mercer, a game plan that would have come to an abrupt end if the Lorrimores had deserted the trip, which they would have done at once if the Canadian had ploughed into their home-from-home.

If Anthony Bailor was the person under guard in a hospital, then it was likely that he had been the gunman who had aimed at me, shot Mercer, and killed the young receptionist in Chelsea on Sunday.

It was Heron himself, the magnanimous mercer, who having effected his escape with a well-hoarded purse, contrived to introduce himself into the house of Bethlem, at Shene, which was called the Priory.

They were mainly a boring lot: all the bumf about the train trip, a few newspaper pages about the races, then a newspaper cutting from a Cambridge local paper about the building of a new library in one of the colleges, thanks to the generosity of Canadian philanthropist Mercer P.

Recorder, William Cawle or Calley, draper, and John Kyme, mercer, commoners.

After them march the guilds and trades and trainbands with flying colours: coopers, bird fanciers, millwrights, newspaper canvassers, law scriveners, masseurs, vintners, trussmakers, chimneysweeps, lard refiners, tabinet and poplin weavers, farriers, Italian warehousemen, church decorators, bootjack manufacturers, undertakers, silk mercers, lapidaries, salesmasters, corkcutters, assessors of fire losses, dyers and cleaners, export bottlers, fellmongers, ticketwriters, heraldic seal engravers, horse repository hands, bullion brokers, cricket and archery outfitters, riddlemakers, egg and potato factors, hosiers and glovers, plumbing contractors.

Mercer had indicated the car standing at the end of the cul-de-sac and had asked Kummer to drive him back to his cottage on the White Walls estate.

Suppose Mercer had pushed the car onto the verge after Kummer was dead and had then walked back to Boarbridge station and had waited there for his own chauffeur, who naturally assumed that he had come down by his ordinary late train.

Against them are to be pitted, in reference to the question under discussion, only Mercer of Maryland, Bedford of Delaware, and Spaight of North Carolina, the record in each of whose cases is of doubtful implication.

She wrapped the small enamel pot with white towels while it was still hot and handed it to my mother to bring to Mercer Hospital for Sam.

He was considering morphia in connection with Miss Mercer and a village dispensary.

Latter with the morphia bottle in his hand, and I heard Miss Mercer tell him the stuff was dangerous.

You will remember it was shortly afterwards that Miss Mercer noticed that the morphia bottle had been moved.

Mercer was down in court with me for pretrial hearings in an old case when Mike beeped him.

Mercer and I had met before, a recidivist, a sexual predator who repeated his acts with the same language and sexual interests he had used in the past.