affluent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: affluent	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for affluent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy n an affluent person; a person who is financially well off; "the so-called emerging affluents" a branch that flows into the main stream Synonym(s): feeder, tributary, confluent, affluent Antonym(s): distributary
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affluent \Af"fluent\, a. [Cf. F. affluent, L. affluens, -entis, p. pr. See {Affluence}.] 1. Flowing to; flowing abundantly. [bd]Affluent* blood.[b8] --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 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.