Hypertext Webster Gateway: "affluent"
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) 1.7 (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}]
[ant: {distributary}]
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