merchant prince
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of merchant prince
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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He was a Massachusetts merchant prince, she a Michigan schoolteacher, and in 1892 they bought what would become their 17,700-acre Malibu kingdom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
Unlike Benjamin Franklin, the runaway who reinvents himself as a printer, scientist, and statesman, or Amos Lawrence, the farm boy turned merchant prince, the confidence man remakes himself to fleece his next target.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2014
Fisher understood real estate and operations; Drexler was the merchant prince.
From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 20, 2014
In this mixed-up fairytale Davies, the merchant prince of Fenchurch Street, was restored to his city kingdom and his wicked mother was hissed all the way back to Wales.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012
She received the merchant prince alone, seated on her bench of polished ebony, on the cushions Ser Barristan had brought her.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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