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Four Hundred also 400

The wealthiest and most exclusive social set of a community.

Four Hundred

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

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Noun	1.	Four Hundred - the exclusive social set of a city band, circle, lot, set - an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" beau monde, bon ton, high society, smart set, society - the fashionable elite
Adj.	1.	four hundred - being one hundred more than three hundred 400, cd cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

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beau monde
bon ton
four-hundredth
Hanse towns
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quadricentenary
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In obedience to this summons four hundred and eighteen able-bodied men assembled.

Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

Mynheer van Baerle the father had amassed in the Indian trade three or four hundred thousand guilders, which Mynheer van Baerle the son, at the death of his dear and worthy parents, found still quite new, although one set of them bore the date of coinage of 1640, and the other that of

The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

I am alone in charge of three hospitals with more than four hundred patients

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