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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Generously supplied with money, property, or possessions; prosperous or rich. See Synonyms at rich.
  2. adj. Plentiful; abundant.
  3. adj. Flowing freely; copious.
  4. n. A stream or river that flows into a larger one; a tributary.
  5. n. A person who is well-off financially: "the so-called emerging affluents” ( Leslie Tweeton).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Flowing to: as, “affluent blood,” Harvey, Consumption.
  2. Abundant; copious; abounding in anything, as attributes, attainments, or possessions; hence, specifically, abounding in means; rich: as, a man of affluent intellect; an affluent man or community; affluent circumstances.
  3. n. A tributary stream; a stream or river flowing into another, or into a lake, bay, etc.

Wiktionary

  1. n. this sense) Somebody who is wealthy.
  2. n. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
  3. adj. Abundant; copious; plenteous.
  4. adj. by extension Abounding in goods or riches; materially wealthy.
  5. adj. dated tributary

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
  2. adj. Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches.
  3. n. A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an affluent person; a person who is financially well off
  2. n. a branch that flows into the main stream
  3. adj. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

Etymologies

  1. Middle French affluent, from Latin affluentem, accusative singular of affluēns, present active participle of affluō ("flow to or towards; overflow with"), from ad ("to, towards") + fluō ("flow") (cognate via latter to fluid, flow). Sense of “wealthy” (plentiful flow of goods) c. 1600, which also lead to nominalization affluence. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English, abundant, flowing, from Old French, from Latin affluēns, affluent-, present participle of affluere, to abound in : ad-, ad- + fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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