prosperous person
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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
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Some twelve or fifteen years ago an official called Gromov, a highly respectable and prosperous person, was living in his own house in the principal street of the town.
From The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
Every prosperous person was eager to possess a slave, nor had Christianity openly and signally rebuked such a gigantic institution.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John