The growing power of the new mercantile aristocracy was beginning to displace the medieval nobility's control.
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Mercantile
//ˈmɝ.kənˌtaɪl//
Synonyms for "mercantile" (13 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (4)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (6)
Adjective(1 words)
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1 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 16 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐμπορικός adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Bulgarian
1 entries- търговски adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Catalan
1 entries- mercantil adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Dutch
1 entries- handels adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
French
1 entries- mercantile adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Galician
1 entries- mercantil adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Irish
1 entries- marsantach adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Italian
1 entries- mercantile adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Latin
1 entries- mercātōrius adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Latvian
2 entries- tirdzniecisks adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
- veikalniecisks adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- haundelsoatich adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Portuguese
1 entries- mercantil adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Russian
2 entries- мерканти́льный adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
- торго́вый adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Spanish
1 entries- mercantil adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Turkish
1 entries- ticari adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Welsh
1 entries- masnachol adj (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
To what extent was Igor wrong calling her "mercantile"?
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The manor was built in 1748 by Frederick van Cortlandt, the patriarch of a prominent Dutch mercantile family.
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No sign was over his door; in fact—as with old banks and mercantile houses—advertising in any shape was scorned, and it would have been felt as beneath his dignity to paint, for the benefit of strangers, the name of an establishment the trade of which came solely by connection based on personal respect.
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