Four Hundred
See also: four hundred
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit](US): Attributed to Ward McAllister.
Proper noun
[edit]the Four Hundred (historical)
- (Ancient Greece) A short-lived oligarchy that replaced the democratic government of ancient Athens following the Athenian coup of 411 BCE.
- (US) A list of the people in New York fashionable society during the Gilded Age.
Further reading
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Athenian coup of 411 BC on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - The Four Hundred (Gilded Age) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
