Four Hundred

or 400

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noun
  1. the exclusive social set of a city or area.

Origin of Four Hundred

1
An Americanism dating back to1885–90; allegedly after the capacity of the ballroom in the mansion of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, a leader of New York society in the late 19th century

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How to use Four Hundred in a sentence

  • The cathedral is the only Spanish parochial church; it cares for two thousand Four Hundred souls.

  • Little Jack Charmington, her husband, had a snug Four Hundred a year of his own, which quite sufficed for his modest needs.

  • The staff officer replied that a pension of Four Hundred francs would save them from want in their old age.

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  • With only Four Hundred followers out of the fifteen hundred he had at the beginning, Poindexter fled westward.

  • Our Four Hundred prisoners, almost all made by the Manchester Brigade, amongst whom a good number of officers, do not console me.

British Dictionary definitions for Four Hundred

Four Hundred

noun
  1. the Four Hundred US the most exclusive or affluent social clique in a particular place

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