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noun
The wealthy or privileged, and those with power and possessions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: have-nots
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of have
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, nonstandard, present, singular, third-person
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From have + -s, from Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh2pyéti, from the root *kap-. See have for details.
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