Merchant

a Merchant is a form of the petit bourgeoisie that deals in trading goods and services purchased directly from artisans or through the bourgeoisie. Merchants were most common under late feudalism and early capitalism, and have largely disappeared due to the rise of finance capital and imperialist capitalism. Merchants usually took one of two forms, either a "traveling" merchant, who would take goods along with them to sell in foreign markets, or "sedentary" merchants, who would set up shop in one or a few locations to concentrate on the local market, using intermediaries to deal with foreign markets.