propertied
Example Sentences
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The people make demands upon the state, striking fear in the hearts of the propertied classes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
County, Sepulveda Boulevard, 40 miles from Mission Hills to Long Beach, named for Francisco Xavier Sepulveda, the propertied pioneer rancher and paterfamilias to the influential founding family.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2022
It doesn’t matter whether they are citizens or aliens; free, imprisoned or enslaved; enfranchised or disenfranchised; adults or children; propertied or propertyless.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021
When America was founded, only white, propertied men could vote.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2021
The national and cantonal federations were dissolved, commercial intercourse between cities was restricted, and the government transferred from the democracies to the propertied classes, whose interests were bound up with Roman supremacy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
