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merchant prince

noun

  1. a very wealthy or influential merchant.


merchant prince

noun

  1. a very wealthy merchant


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Word History and Origins

Origin of merchant prince1

First recorded in 1835–45

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Example Sentences

The business ladder was the ladder for me, and I had a vision of myself becoming a bald-headed and successful merchant prince.

Feudalism ignored trade, but the baron found his rival in the merchant-prince.

In Tartarin's mouth, the title of Merchant Prince thundered out as something stunning!

They are all vanished—gone; in their place have come the Jew banker, the tradesman, and the merchant prince.

Ever after the merchant-prince treated Thomas like a son; the kind of a boy he had always wanted and could not have.

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