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In every land we have produced great merchants and rulers, prime-ministers, viziers, nobles.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel

Of two nurses, who are prime-ministers, one of domestic affairs, one of private education.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various

He is a power in politics, and the motor-cars of prime-ministers stand at his door at ten o'clock in the morning.

From The Turnstile by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

In his manner he himself was courteous, gentle, and so distinguished that I felt as though I were enjoying, on intimate terms, an audience with one of the prime-ministers of Europe.

From Real Soldiers of Fortune by Davis, Richard Harding

From drill-sergeants, to prime-ministers, to foreign and domestic booksellers, all manner of men he has seen.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas