merchant prince

noun

1. a very wealthy or influential merchant.

merchant prince

noun

1. a very wealthy merchant

Word History and Origins

Origin of merchant prince¹

First recorded in 1835–45

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.

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

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

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

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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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