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merchant prince

noun

Etymology

Under the influence of Isaiah 23:8, describing "Tyre... whose merchants are princes..."

Definitions

  1. A mercantile plutocrat

    A mercantile plutocrat: a man who wields great de facto political power by virtue of economic assets derived from trade and commerce.

    • ...you’re establishing a plutocracy. You’re making us a land of traders and merchant princes. Then what of the future?

  2. A prince among merchants

    A prince among merchants: a wealthy and influential merchant.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA