[1835–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: catch-up, crosshead, cutaway, faceplate, placement
Examples of 'merchant prince' in a sentence
merchant prince
Hardly a painter or poet: he had little artistic taste or ability, though possibly a banker or even more fittingly a merchant prince.
Low, Ona MURKY SHALLOWS
There's a recognition, too, that time makes all of us irrelevant — the forgotten merchant prince's clothes closet has become a kitchen.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The heads of the world's big investment banks, those latter-day global merchant princes, have got the idea.