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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One of distinctive and superior quality.

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  • noun An entity exhibiting high class especially through refinement of demeanor, conscientiousness of behavior, and/or skillfulness in performance; or an exhibition of high class especially of one or more of those types:
  • noun Used sarcastically, a person, entity, event, or action entity exhibiting the opposite of the above characteristics, i.e., boorish, unprincipled, and/or bungling behavior

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence

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