figurative. A man of vast and formidable power or enormous wealth.

A member of a plutocracy; a person whose power derives from wealth.

With the and plural agreement: affluential people collectively. Later chiefly in singular: an affluential person.

U.S. colloquial. A person who deals in or speculates in gold; (more generally) a plutocrat, millionaire.

A plutocrat; a very wealthy person, esp. an industrialist.

South Asian and Caribbean colloquial. A person of high social status or great wealth.