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upper class

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
upper class noun
plural upper classes
upper class
noun
plural upper classes
Learner's definition of UPPER CLASS
[count]
: a social class that is above the middle class : the highest social class上流社会;上等阶层
compare lower class, middle class, underclass, working class

— upper-class

adjective

— upper-class

adjective
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See also: upper-class


upper-class

1 of 2

adjective

up·​per-class ˌə-pər-ˈklas How to pronounce upper-class (audio)
-ˈkläs
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the upper class

upper class

2 of 2

noun

: a social class occupying a position above the middle class and having the highest status in a society

Example Sentences

Noun a popular pastime among the upper classes a member of the upper class
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
As a result, the upper class turned to shiny, reflective glass to decorate their homes. Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY, 5 July 2022 In the patriarchal society, women are relegated to being dutiful, subservient wives or, for the fertile nonbelievers, enslaved people to the religious upper class with the sole purpose of bearing children for the man of the house. Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 24 May 2022 Her 1985 novel tells of Gilead, a fascist theocratic America in which women are used as breeding sows for upper class families. Aj Willingham, CNN, 12 July 2022 Add to that the fact that large-scale entrepreneurship tends to expand wealth among those who are already in the upper class. Malaika Jabali, Essence, 19 June 2022 Carlile’s husband had close ties to the monarchy, including serving as Gentleman of the Bows to Charles I, which gave his wife an access to the upper class that other female artists may not have had. Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2022 The upper class menu on Virgin’s other international flights are impressive. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Jan. 2022 During an era that experienced record rates of inequality and modernization, Black Americans of the upper class carved a place for themselves in a world that worked to cage them in and paint them as inferior. NBC News, 7 Mar. 2022 Some neighborhoods in Brooklyn are now home to the upper class. Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1837, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1814, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of upper-class was in 1814
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