merchant prince

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mercantile plutocrat: a man who wields great de facto political power by virtue of economic assets derived from trade and commerce. figuratively,historical
    — The customs and duties paid by each ship, great or small, amount in the whole to 70 or 80 slaves. The king [sc. of Ardrah] has the first choice of goods, whether in the payment of duties, or in exchange for slaves; the hereditary prince the second, the merchant''' prince the third, the Marbut the fourth, and afterwards the great officers of the court.
  2. A prince among merchants: a wealthy and influential merchant. figuratively

词形变化

merchant princes plural

词源

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