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Adjective: upper-class  'ú-pur 'klãs
  1. Occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society
Noun: upper class
  1. The class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
    - upper crust

Derived forms: upper classes

See also: position, propertied, property-owning, quality, status, tweedy, u [Brit], wellborn

Type of: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum

Antonym: lower-class, middle-class

Encyclopedia: Upper class

Upper-class

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upon one's guard
upper
Upper Avon
Upper Avon River
upper balcony
upper berth
upper bound
upper cannon
Upper Carboniferous
Upper Carboniferous period
upper class
upper crust
upper deck
Upper Egypt
upper hand
upper jaw
upper jawbone
upper limit
upper mantle
Upper Paleolithic
Upper Peninsula