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- adjective dated Alternative spelling of
mercantile .
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It might be useful if a similar system were tried here, so that the Dems could have the alliance on progessives, christian democrats, and merchantile liberals; opposed by the GOP evangelicals, southern white dominionists, and teabagger wingnuts. shah8 says:
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Mississippi; married William Carson Mitchell; he was born Oct. 12, 1845, in Tallahatchie County, Miss.; live in Merkel, Taylor County, Texas, where Mr. Mitchell is in the merchantile business.
The Stephens Family A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens Bascom Asbury Cecil Stephens
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Kate Robinson, 1917; cotton mill and ins.; teacher 1 yr.; merchantile bus. 1 yr.; bank for 1 yr.
Alumni History of the University of North Carolina 1793-1962 1924
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Elia Elizabeth --, Apr. 28, 1920; taught sch. 1 yr.; ins. 1 yr.; merchantile bus. since that time.
Alumni History of the University of North Carolina 1793-1962 1924
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Oct. 14, 1856; teacher 8 yrs.; merchantile bus. and cotton mill promoter until entering Univ.
Alumni History of the University of North Carolina 1793-1962 1924
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He could fix things so the merchantile agencies would only find out good things about him, and he buffaloes credit men so that to hear 'em talk you would think he was a millionaire already.
Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures Montague Glass 1905
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He did much for the development of Russia, creating a navy and a merchantile marine.
Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Kelly Miller 1901
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The formerly privileged merchantile class could not reconcile itself easily to the idea of sending their children to the army.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) I. [Translator] Friedlaender 1900
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Communist Party for the control of the people, a merchantile or state capitalist system for the economy.
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With control over only one state won after a prolonged legal battle and a minimal presence in other parts of the federation, the party may not really have come into national reckoning, The Igbo republican spirit and their merchantile proclivity have combined to deny the party a strong hold on the South East region itself in spite of the charisma of its BOT chairman, Chief Ojukwu.
Vanguard 2009
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