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The definition of affluent is someone who is wealthy with money, property or possessions.

(adjective)

A person who owns a multimillion dollar company and lives in a mansion is an example of an affluent person.

See affluent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

flowing freely
plentiful; abundant
wealthy; prosperous; rich: the affluent society

Origin: ME < L affluens, prp. of affluere: see affluence

noun

a tributary stream
opposed to effluent ( specif. )
an affluent person

Related Forms:

affluently adverb

See affluent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Generously supplied with money, property, or possessions; prosperous or rich. See Synonyms at rich.
Plentiful; abundant.
Flowing freely; copious.

noun

A stream or river that flows into a larger one; a tributary.
A person who is well-off financially: “the so-called emerging affluents” (Leslie Tweeton).

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, abundant, flowing

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin affluēns, affluent-

Origin: , present participle of affluere, to abound in

Origin: : ad-, ad-

Origin: + fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

afˈflu·ent·ly adverb

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