Translation of "chevalier d'industrie" to English

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Dictionary translations for "chevalier d'industrie"

le chevalier d'industrie m noun

pl. chevaliers d'industrie

wheeler-dealer (Business Basic)

Contexts with "chevalier d'industrie"

Sir William Lucas, autrefois négociant à Meryton, possédait une jolie fortune. Ayant exercé honorablement l’office de maire, il avait obtenu du roi le titre de chevalier. Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune, and risen to the honour of knighthood by an address to the king during his mayoralty.

Ô qu'est-ce qui peut te sauver, chevalier en armes, seul et errant hagard ? O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, alone and palely loitering?

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