Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Swells collectively; the fashionable world.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Jocose People of rank and fashion; the class of swells, collectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated, humorous People of rank and fashion; the class of
swells , collectively.
Etymologies
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swell + -dom
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