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upper class

–noun

a class of people above the middle class, having the highest social rank or standing based on wealth, family connections, and the like.

[Origin: 1830–40

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—Related forms

upper-class, adjective

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upper class
n. The highest socioeconomic class in a society.

up'per-class' (ŭp'ər-klās') adj.

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upper class
noun
the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy

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upper class

(of) the highest rank of society; (of) the aristocracy
Example: The upper classes can no longer afford to have many servants; He speaks with an upper-class accent.

Arabic:	الطَّبَقَة العُليا
Chinese (Simplified):	上流社会(（的)
Chinese (Traditional):	上流社會(的)
Czech:	aristokracie; aristokratický
Danish:	overklasse; overklasse-
Dutch:	hogere stand
Estonian:	kõrgkiht, aristokraatia
Finnish:	yläluokka
French:	aristocratie; aristocratique
German:	die Oberschicht; Oberschicht-…
Greek:	αριστοκρατικός
Hungarian:	felsőbb osztályok(beli)
Icelandic:	yfirstétt

Italian:	alta borghesia*, aristocrazia
Japanese:	上流階級
Latvian:	augstākā (sabiedrības) šķira; augšslānis
Lithuanian:	aukštuomenė
Norwegian:	overklasse(-)
Polish:	wyższe sfery, arystokratyczny
Portuguese (Portugal):	classe alta
Russian:	высшее общество
Slovak:	horná vrstva, aristokracia; aristokratický
Slovenian:	visoka družba
Spanish:	clase alta
Swedish:	överklass
Turkish:	yüksek tabaka, yukarı sınıf