powerful merchant

Examples (10)

• The city was dominated by a few powerful merchants who controlled trade routes.
• He aspired to become a powerful merchant, influencing both politics and economy.
• Historically, powerful merchants often funded explorations and established colonies.
• A powerful merchant consortium held significant sway over the king's decisions.
• She was known as a shrewd and powerful merchant in the East India Company.
• The new port attracted many powerful merchants looking to expand their empires.
• Even a single powerful merchant could shape the destiny of a small nation.
• The novel depicts the intrigues between rival powerful merchants in Venice.
• To succeed in that era, one needed to be a very powerful merchant with vast resources.
• The rise of a powerful merchant class fundamentally changed the societal structure.