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Definitions for: Affluent [n] a branch that flows into the main stream
[n] an affluent person; a person who is financially well off; "the so-called emerging affluents"
[adj] having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations"
Webster (1913) Definition: Af"flu*ent, a. [Cf. F. affluent, L. affluens, -entis,
p. pr. See Affluence.]
1. Flowing to; flowing abundantly. ``Affluent blood.''
--Harvey.
2. Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in
goods or riches.
Language . . . affluent in expression. --H. Reed.
Loaded and blest with all the affluent store, Which
human vows at smoking shrines implore. --Prior.
Af"flu*ent, n.
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake;
a tributary stream.
Synonyms: feeder, flush, loaded, moneyed, rich, tributary, wealthy
Antonyms: distributary
See Also: branch, have, rich person, wealthy person
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