wealthy citizen

collocation in English

meaningsofwealthyandcitizen

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wealthy
adjective
uk
/ˈwel.θi/us
/ˈwel.θi/
rich:
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citizen
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən/us
/ˈsɪt̬.ə.zən/
a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights, or a person who lives in a particular town ...
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(Definition ofwealthyandcitizenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To the smaller, lesswealthycitizenthis is a real problem.
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Thewealthycitizenwho wants to have a bet has only to pick up the telephone and contact his agent, when he can wager what he likes.
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This property was generally donated and maintained by awealthycitizen.
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Persons, awealthycitizenwho was an oilman and contributed financially to the district and town.
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In the main cities, the protagonists were not only members of the high nobility, but ennobled wealthy citizens as well.
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In 1897, costs were only charged directly to wealthy citizens.
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Mycenaean conical rhyta were available only to religious institutions and to wealthy citizens, who assembled them in their houses.
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But it had individual buildings of considerable ambition, the relics of which now seem undeniably impressive, and its wealthy citizens enjoyed many amenities: books, theatre, music and learned societies.
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This year, 2,000 wealthy citizens will gain as a result of cuts in inheritance tax and the reliefs for it.
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I wish to supplement the plea which has been made tonight by saying that this is not a matter which affects only very wealthy citizens.
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Many of the early burials were of the wealthy citizens of the city.
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Many wealthy citizens, pensioners, local councils and charities were dealt a heavy blow by the ruling.
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He was probably the head of a productive workshop or studio in which artists fulfilled commissions for the court, the aristocracy and wealthy citizens.
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