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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Affluent \Af"flu*ent\, n. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Affluent \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: affluent 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" [syn: {flush}, {loaded}, {moneyed}, {wealthy}] n 1: an affluent person; a person who is financially well off "the so-called emerging affluents" 2: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: {feeder}, {tributary}]
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