merchant prince

短语

[经] 豪商

词形变化

merchant princes 复数 merchant princes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    比喻 历史

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

  2. 2.

    A prince among merchants: a wealthy and influential merchant.

    比喻

词源

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

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