industrialists who had amassed riches of a magnitude that few had dreamed possible
Recent Examples on the WebWhere to watch: AMC+ Mary & George Based on the novel The King’s Assassin, Mary & George follows a family’s scandalous rise to power and riches thanks to the scheming of an ambitious, status-hungry mother, Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore,) the Countess of Buckingham.—Cady Lang, TIME, 16 May 2024 The dream of Gold Rush riches spurred large-scale white settlement starting in 1848.—Ben Tarnoff, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for riches
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Etymology
Middle English, singular or plural, from richesse wealth, from Anglo-French richesce, from riche rich, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English rīce rich
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