Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wealthmonger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wealth-mon-ger
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Derogatory

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[…]"

Etymology

From wealth + monger.

Usage

Derogatory

Inflected Forms

wealthmongers (plural)

Questions

What does wealthmonger mean?: A rich person.
Where does wealthmonger come from?: From wealth + monger.

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