propertied
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unpropertied adjective
Etymology
Origin of propertied
Example Sentences
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Hamilton feared a slippery slope toward rule by the people, not the propertied, threatening the development of capitalism.
It doesn’t matter whether they are citizens or aliens; free, imprisoned or enslaved; enfranchised or disenfranchised; adults or children; propertied or propertyless.
From Washington Post
When America was founded, only white, propertied men could vote.
From BBC
In the first half of that century, it had transformed from a patrician society run by the propertied into a rough-and-tumble one in which nearly all white men could vote.
From New York Times
They were committed to a racialized plutocracy led by propertied White males.
From Washington Post
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