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cotton lord, cotton-lord
A wealthy cotton-manufacturer; a magnate of the cotton trade.
1823Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) I. 399 Oh, Oh! The cotton Lords are tearing! 1847J. W. Croker in C. Papers (1884) III. xxv. 102 Helping to raise a gigantic fortune for some cotton lord at Manchester. 1862T. Guthrie Pract. Sympathy (1863) 15 Our religion..looks on the soul of the poorest cotton-worker to be as precious as the soul of the wealthiest cotton-lord. |