merchant prince
Wealthy commerce king
A merchant prince is a wealthy trader or businessperson whose riches and influence rival those of royalty.
The term evokes Renaissance Italian banking families or powerful trading-company magnates who shaped politics and patronized the arts.
Today it describes any enormously successful commercial figure: The tech merchant princes of Silicon Valley wield more power than many governments.
Exchanging for value
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- bazaarOpen-air merchant district
- emporiumLarge varied retail store
- caravanTraveling group with goods
trade routes · import · export · wholesale · retail · barter · exchange · transactions
Supporter's financial backing
- kingmakerPolitical influence wielder
- powerbrokerWielder of political influence
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- influencePower to affect others
clout · prestige · connections · nobility · aristocracy · court · diplomacy · alliance
Lavishly grand and spacious
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- villaStately country residence
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
lavish · gilded · ornate · tapestry · silk · brocade · banquet · retinue
Wealth or destiny
- capitalWealth used for investment
- assetsOwned items of value
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- prosperityGood fortune, success
treasury · coffers · inheritance · holdings · estate · revenue · profit · accumulation
trading
Exchanging for value
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
- bazaarOpen-air merchant district
- emporiumLarge varied retail store
caravan · trade routes · import · export · wholesale · retail · barter · exchange · transactions · negotiation
patronage
Supporter's financial backing
- kingmakerPolitical influence wielder
- powerbrokerWielder of political influence
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
influence · clout · prestige · connections · nobility · aristocracy · court · diplomacy · alliance · legacy
palatial
Lavishly grand and spacious
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- villaStately country residence
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
splendor · lavish · gilded · ornate · tapestry · silk · brocade · banquet · retinue · servants
fortune
Wealth or destiny
prosperity · treasury · coffers · inheritance · holdings · estate · revenue · profit · accumulation · banking
- tycoonsoil tycoon, tycoons, railroad tycoon, John Rockefeller, magnates
- princesheir apparent, dauphin, princeling, firstborn son, royal heir
- wealthy elitebillionaire, multimillionaire, millionaire, ultra-rich, affluent
- Italian NobilityMedici, Borgia, Gonzaga, Savoy, dukes
merchant princeshopkeeper
Small store manager
peddler · street vendor · hawker · tinker · huckster
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