"merchant prince" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1760, The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol. XVI, Bk. xvii, Ch. vii, p. 466",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation, Pt. V: “The Merchant Princes”, Ch. 18, p. 189",
          "text": "...you’re establishing a plutocracy. You’re making us a land of traders and merchant princes. Then what of the future?"
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        "A mercantile plutocrat: a man who wields great de facto political power by virtue of economic assets derived from trade and commerce."
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      "glosses": [
        "A prince among merchants: a wealthy and influential merchant."
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        "(figurative) A prince among merchants: a wealthy and influential merchant."
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