[Sca-cooks] Word usage

Terry Decker t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Mon Jun 5 21:04:08 PDT 2006


Mercer is a Middle English term for a dealer in cloth (particularly silk). 
It derives from the Old French (9th to early 16th Centuries) "mercier" 
(trader).

Bear

> Is mercer British specific? And what I find is that it is a post SCA 
> period
> name, mercer - after the process of mercerizing (1791).
> Actually, what I have found is that it is used in reference to a fabric
> merchant post SCA and that prior to that it is a trader/merchant of a
> variety of wares, not just fabric.
> So I would, when you feel better, like your info.
> Thank you,
> Lyse





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