Especially from the late-19th century through the mid-20th century in Europe and America, a culture characterized by continual socializing in bistros, coffee shops, and nightclubs, sometimes extravagantly frivolous and sometimes intensely intellectual in nature but always high-spirited.

A Chinese gang or triad.

A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labour unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, etc. and for the expenses of burial.

(anthropology) A society where kinship and political relations are organized around membership in corporately-organized dwellings rather than around descent groups or lineages.

A mutual organization.

(uncountable) A British socio-economic class of landowners, socially just below the aristocracy or peerage, who could live entirely from rental income.

plural of Society Islander

(sociology) A society where the creation, distribution, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity.

An organization that recognizes excellence among peers, typically associated with an educational facility or other structured organization.

A form of friendly society that existed to cover funeral expenses.