It was supposed to represent mostly city people, intellectuals, and large and small merchants and industrialists.

Cities, communes, counties, and the entire region would elect each a local council representing noblemen, merchants and peasants.

In 1297 the first Irish parliament sat, modelled on the Norman-English parliament but only representing large landowners and merchants.

Soldiers were strongly represented amongst Mithraists; and also merchants, customs officials and minor bureaucrats.

Not at all, says Joseph Bondy, a lawyer representing several merchants whose stores have been targeted by the police.

Bilbo, whose base was among tenant farmers, hated the upper-class Harrison, who represented the rich planters and merchants.

In December 1798, trade groups representing lawyers, merchants, and bankers all came out against the idea.

Mountflorence continued to represent aggrieved American merchants whose ships and cargoes had been captured or detained by French privateers.

In 1581 he was the Consul representing Dutch merchants in London.

Nor were they limited to the usual gracefully posed noblemen of most Orûnian art; the statues represented merchants, housewives, farmers, and children.