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A '''merchant''' was a person whose career was based on the trading of [[goods]]. They have been mostly superseded by modern supermarket chains. In some societies such as [[India]], they speak of a merchant class.

A '''merchant''' was a person whose career was based on the trading of [[goods]]. They have been mostly superseded by modern supermarket chains. In some societies such as [[India]], they speak of a merchant class.

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Social class]] and [[Economic class]]

* [[Social class]] and [[Economic class]]

* [[Upward mobility]]

* [[Upward mobility]]

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* [[Caste system]]

* [[Caste system]]

* [[Brahmin]]s -- priests and scholars

* [[Brahmin]]s—priests and scholars

* [[Kshatriya]] -- [[warrior]]s and [[noble]]s

* [[Kshatriya]] -- [[warrior]]s and [[noble]]s

* [[Vaishya]] -- [[merchant]]s and [[farmer]]s

* [[Vaishya]] -- merchants and [[farmer]]s

* Shudra -- artisans and those of the [[serf]] class.  

* Shudra—artisans and those of the [[serf]] class.  

* [[Untouchables]] -- the lowest [[social class]]

* [[Untouchables]]—the lowest [[social class]]

[[Category:Commerce]]

[[Category:Commerce]]