moneyed man

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It is added that, on hearing of so good a resolution, a moneyed man of the day, named Gerard de Poissy, volunteered to contribute towards the construction of the pavement eleven thousand silver marks.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 by Black, Robert

I interested a moneyed man in the thing and we went together to Washington, where we soon found the right man to get the machine adopted.

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre

He was a moneyed man now, with an extravagant wife, but no children.

From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna

Don Ignaçio Sanchez was likewise a moneyed man, and came provided with a long pouch of solid gold, which he made into little piles before him of the exact size of those of the captain.

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

But there was no doubt about his being a moneyed man, and one well thought of on 'Change.

From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony