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Merce vs Mercer - What's the difference?

merce | mercer |

As a noun merce

is measure.

As a proper noun mercer is

.

merce

English

Verb

(merc)
  • (obsolete) To subject to fine or amercement; to mulct; to amerce.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    mercer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A merchant dealing in fabrics and textiles, especially silks and other fine cloths.
  • * 1600, Ben Jonson, Cynthia's Revels
    • ... Acolastus-Polypragmon-Asotus, is here present (by the help of his mercer , tailor, milliner, sempster, and so forth) at his designed hour...
  • * 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses
    • He passed, dallying, the windows of Brown Thomas, silk mercers .
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