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Those writing the new constitution determined that men of substance, the wealthy, could be counted on to vote for men of good character who would end the chaos in the country and protect the interests of the propertied classes.
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Christine Adams / Made By History,
TIME,
16 Sep. 2024
Edward Gibbon, who was ultimately elected to the UK Parliament, was born into a propertied English family that had lost most of its fortune in the South Sea Bubble of the 1720s but later regained it.
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Bywill Daniel,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2023
Until quite recently, the club also refused to admit show people, who started displacing oilmen as the West Side’s propertied class in the 1910s.
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Timothy Noah,
The New Republic,
16 June 2023
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Christine Adams / Made By History,
TIME,
16 Sep. 2024
Edward Gibbon, who was ultimately elected to the UK Parliament, was born into a propertied English family that had lost most of its fortune in the South Sea Bubble of the 1720s but later regained it.
—
Bywill Daniel,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2023
Until quite recently, the club also refused to admit show people, who started displacing oilmen as the West Side’s propertied class in the 1910s.
—
Timothy Noah,
The New Republic,
16 June 2023
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“Propertied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propertied. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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propertied
adjective
prop·er·tied
ˈpräp-ərt-ēd 
: owning property
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