court-bankers

Updated: July 25, 2025

The people concerned in the finances, the farmers-general, the receivers of the taxes which are not in farm, the court-bankers, etc. make the greater part of those who advance their money in all public exigencies. Such people are commonly men of mean birth, but of great wealth, and frequently of great pride. They are too proud to marry their equals, and women of quality disdain to marry them.

Adam Smith - An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations