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
In both movies, the mermaid Ariel wants out of her widowed father’s underwater kingdom and into the arms of the earthbound merchant prince whom she rescues in a shipwreck.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2023
In my game life, I’m a plucky explorer wandering the leafy wilderness, or a merchant prince amassing heaps of riches.
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2018
Fisher understood real estate and operations; Drexler was the merchant prince.
From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 20, 2014
She could not sway the merchant prince that way.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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