Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Exclusive

Exclusive , adjective

[Compare French exclusif.]

1.
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.
Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.

Exclusive , noun

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