Four Hundred

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noun

the exclusive social set of a city or area.

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Origin of Four Hundred

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; 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

Words nearby Four Hundred

fourgon, four-handed, Four-H Club, Four Horsemen, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Four Hundred, four-hundred-day clock, Fourier, Fourier analysis, Fourierism, Fourier series

How to use Four Hundred in a sentence

Four hundred businesses have been shuttered in just the last 40 days.
ISIS Robs Christians Fleeing Its Edict in Mosul: Convert, Leave, or Die|Andrew Slater|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Four hundred million Europeans are eligible to vote across the European Union's 28 countries to elect a new European Parliament.
First Anti-Semitic Attack Since World War II Rocks Brussels|Tracy McNicoll|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And, just eyeballing it here, that ark looked closer to four hundred cubits than the biblically prescribed three hundred.
‘Noah’: The Bible vs. the Blockbuster|Joel Baden|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At his funeral in Connecticut, four hundred people showed up.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon|Robert Sam Anson|March 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“I witnessed a four-hundred pound refrigerator lift off the floor,” Ed says.
A Night with The Conjuring’s Ed & Lorraine Warren|Stefan Beck|August 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The cathedral is the only Spanish parochial church; it cares for two thousand four hundred souls.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Little Jack Charmington, her husband, had a snug four hundred a year of his own, which quite sufficed for his modest needs.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The staff officer replied that a pension of four hundred francs would save them from want in their old age.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
With only four hundred followers out of the fifteen hundred he had at the beginning, Poindexter fled westward.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Our four hundred prisoners, almost all made by the Manchester Brigade, amongst whom a good number of officers, do not console me.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for Four Hundred

Four Hundred

noun

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

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