長者(ちょうじゃ)

ちょうじゃ
noun
wealthy person; millionaire
personmoney
1. wealthy person; millionaire
A very rich person. Old-fashioned on its own; today mostly in compounds such as 億万長者(おくまんちょうじゃ) and 長者番付(ちょうじゃばんづけ), and in folk tales (わらしべ長者(ちょうじゃ)).
A rich man of the village appears in the folk tale.
The top of the rich list is lined with the names of entrepreneurs.

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