prosperous person
Example Sentences
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Below it, the bewigged pawnbroker is a rare prosperous person.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2014
There’s plenty to like about that, but also plenty to dislike if you’re the sort of prosperous person who owns or manages a small or medium-sized firm.
From Slate • Jul. 2, 2012
No one was there, but it was clearly the dwelling of some very prosperous person.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The house was a very commodious country home and had evidently been built by some prosperous person whose heart and mind turned to the country after he had acquired wealth in the town.
From A Little Union Scout by Gibbs, George
A widow died in childbirth, and the child was given to a woman who happened to be dancing at the time of its birth, and who afterwards became a very influential and prosperous person.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)
