merchant prince

noun

a very wealthy or influential merchant.

Origin of merchant prince

First recorded in 1835–45

Words Nearby merchant prince

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How to use merchant prince in a sentence

The business ladder was the ladder for me, and I had a vision of myself becoming a bald-headed and successful merchant prince.
Revolution and Other Essays | Jack London
Feudalism ignored trade, but the baron found his rival in the merchant-prince.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John Lord
In Tartarin's mouth, the title of merchant prince thundered out as something stunning!
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern Volume 11 | Various
They are all vanished—gone; in their place have come the Jew banker, the tradesman, and the merchant prince.
Cities of the Dawn | J. Ewing Ritchie
Ever after the merchant-prince treated Thomas like a son; the kind of a boy he had always wanted and could not have.
The Voice in the Fog | Harold MacGrath

British Dictionary definitions for merchant prince

merchant prince

noun

a very wealthy merchant

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