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Meanings of rich man in English

A man who is wealthy.

        Usage of rich man in English
        1
        The same is intimated in the parable of the rich man Lazarus.
        Sermons on Various Important Subjects / Written Partly on Sundry...
        2
        The rich man lives in plenty, while the workman weeps in famine.
        System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Miser...
        3
        The seed in the rich man's half all died in the ground.
        The Book of Nature Myths
        4
        And the rich man also died: and he was buried in hell.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
        5
        I'd say he's going to be a very rich man before long.
        Casket of Souls
        6
        François, who everyone was convinced was a rich man, urgently needed money.
        Melnitz
        7
        We cannot keep a leper in the house of a rich man.
        Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life
        8
        A general silence followed the sudden rebuke of this very rich man.
        The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na...
        9
        In a few years I shall return from India, a rich man.
        Mark Hurdlestone; Or, The Two Brothers
        10
        Our English New Testament represents the rich man as being in Hell.
        Love's Final Victory / Ultimate Universal Salvation on the Basis...
        11
        Evidently a rich man, and a person of importance in the place.
        Wanderers
        12
        The Parable of the rich man and Lazarus now lies before us.
        Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman
        13
        The rich man must stand on the level of the poor man.
        The Ramrodders: A Novel
        14
        The rich man loses his sense of the proportionate value of moneys.
        Town Life in Australia
        15
        I have heard also the rich man's child wail in the palace.
        Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland
        16
        The rascal is in no hurry, as he is a rich man.
        Pierre and Jean
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        Rich man through the time
        Rich man across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common
        Ireland
        Less common