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

There are four photos there of representative presidential candidates.
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Four weeks after the injections, all 20 of the participants had developed the antibodies needed to stave off the infection.
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After four or five months of casual interaction, they realized they both had lost a young parent to cancer.
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A hundred ultra-wealthy liberal and conservative donors have taken over the political system.
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The injunction, she argued, only applies to these four plaintiffs—not to anyone else.
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A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.
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The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
It contains above eighty thousand houses, and about six hundred thousand inhabitants.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Before the spinet a bench was placed about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift

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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