Wealthmonger
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wealthmonger is a noun meaning (derogatory) A rich person.
Meaning
(derogatory) A rich person.
Example Sentences
And what makes the working classes so poor but the system that creates such wealthmongers as Rothschild? Every man who employs labor pays a tax to the class to which Rothschild belongs; and out of the miserable pit- tance given to the wage slaves comes another tax to the same class.
Kenneth Clark (1969) […] might well have equated those who choose wealth to the exclusion of other pursuits (wealthmongers?) with the barbarians, who once obliterated civilization in Western Europe. Warren Buffett, the world's second- richest man (before donating three-quarters of his $31 billion fortune to the Melinda and Bill Gates[…]
Word Forms
- wealthmongers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wealthmaker, wealthy, moneygrubber, affluent, miser, plutocrat.
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