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Di⋅ves

  [dahy-veez]
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–noun
1. the rich man of the parable in Luke 16:19–31.
2. any rich man.
Origin:
< L dīves rich, rich man
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Di·ves   (dī'vēz')   
n.  A man of great wealth.

[Middle English, from Latin dīves, wealthy; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Dives 
traditional name for a rich man, c.1386, from L. dives "rich (man)," used in Luke xvi in Vulgate and commonly mistaken as the proper name of the man in the parable. Related to divus "divine," and originally meaning "favored by the gods."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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