D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Dives

/dīvz/ · Di·ves · IPA /ˈdaɪvz/
01 n. The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the “Rich Man and Lazarus” (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich wo…
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    The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the “Rich Man and Lazarus” (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling.