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 They have been mostly superseded by modern supermarket chains.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 They have been mostly superseded by modern supermarket chains.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