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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The inherited wealth of established upper-class families.
- noun A person, family, or lineage possessing inherited wealth.
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- noun idiomatic Families that have been
wealthy forgenerations or members of such families. - noun UK The
monetary system used in theUnited Kingdom beforedecimalisation (1971) and consisting ofpounds ,shillings ,pence andfarthings . - noun humorous The
imperial system of measurement, as opposed to themetric system .
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- noun the inherited wealth of established upper-class families
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