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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 They have been mostly superseded by modern supermarket chains.
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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 They have been mostly superseded by modern supermarket chains.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.
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==See Also==
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* [[Social class]] and [[Economic class]]
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* [[Upward mobility]]
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* [[Aristocracy]] or [[Nobility]]
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* [[Bourgeoisie]] - some say [[White collar]]
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* [[Working class]] - or laboring class - some say [[Blue collar]]
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* [[Working class values]] - [[American values]] - [[Real America]]
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* [[Proletariat]]
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* The [[poor]] - [[peasant]] or [[surf]] class or [[shudra]] and [[untouchables]] [[caste]]
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* [[Welfare state]] and [[Class warfare]]
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* [[Caste system]]
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* [[Brahmin]]s -- priests and scholars
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* [[Kshatriya]] -- [[warrior]]s and [[noble]]s
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* [[Vaishya]] -- [[merchant]]s and [[farmer]]s
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* Shudra -- artisans and those of the [[serf]] class.
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* [[Untouchables]] -- the lowest [[social class]]
    
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