EXCLUSIVE

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.

2.
a.

Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.

3.
n.

One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.