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moneyed man
noun as in man of means
Example Sentences
A former ally and state senator who chaired Christie's first gubernatorial campaign has opted for Bush, as has New York Jets owner Woody Johnson – a moneyed man and past Christie supporter.
"What! a moneyed man like you have no money?"
You shall have an interest of one-half in this operation at a reasonable valuation—I shall want but a small profit, say two hundred per cent.—a mere trifle—in consideration of my labors in laying it off into streets, lanes, and alleys;—and if there is any convenience in it to you—although I know you are a moneyed man—you have only to make a proposal for a slice of accommodation—just drop a note now and then into the discount box.
Mr. Flam never was what you might call a moneyed man.
A couple of millions in cash and forty or fifty thousand a year going a-begging may not seem a very important matter to a moneyed man like you, but I've thought of nothing else, night and day, for the past five years, and—" "I've been all over the world for the past five years," mentioned Slyne loftily, but impatient now, "and the latest news of the parish pump has probably failed to reach me.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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