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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 for generations or members of such families.
  • noun UK The monetary system used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation (1971) and consisting of pounds, shillings, pence and farthings.
  • noun humorous The imperial system of measurement, as opposed to the metric system.

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  • noun the inherited wealth of established upper-class families

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