person of means
Example Sentences
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He is a person of means, sophistication and by all appearances he has the resources to evade capture.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2011
Her daughter, Pearl Ann, was already away at the university, and some speculated that Mrs. Larkin was less a person of means than she liked others to believe and maybe couldn’t afford to leave town.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
He seemed a person of means and leisure, but he knew nothing of recent concerts, theatres, or books.
From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
He could only say that the young man was tall, fair, and slender, and seemed to be a person of means.
From The Inner Shrine by King, Basil
There was plenty of room upon the public seat close to it, except for some children who were playing touch; and in consequence of this I judged her to be a person of means.
From The Fawn Gloves by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
