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Meanings of upper class in English

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classe alta

The class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy.

        classe alta
        Usage of upper class in English
        1
        There is significant financing from the Syrian business community and upper class.
        Reuters
        2
        Only one is of the upper class, the rest are all artisans.
        The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories
        3
        I am afraid this mark of upper class favor may cause jealousy.
        Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College
        4
        Some of the freshman girls finally drifted off with upper class partners.
        The High School Freshmen; or, Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and...
        5
        Red-faced and white-bearded, he was unmistakably an Englishman of the upper class.
        The Highgrader
        6
        It was the upper class version of buying drinks for the fiddler.
        The Name of the Wind
        7
        They were both typical well-dressed, good-looking Frenchmen, apparently of the upper class.
        The Lost Ambassador; Or, The Search For The Missing Delora
        8
        He is merely fifteen months on probation with his upper class comrades.
        Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point; Or, Two Chums in the C...
        9
        Really the upper class of Malay houses show some very good work.
        The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
        10
        With the English upper class, danger is a fine art, a cult.
        Golden Lads
        11
        Do you see, sir, they are a somewhat upper class of people.
        Ben Burton: Born and Bred at Sea
        12
        It isn't because of what we upper class men think of you.
        Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point; Or, Two Chums in the C...
        13
        They range across urban and rural areas and both working and upper class.
        The Guardian
        14
        The marriages of the young people of the upper class are carefully regulated.
        The Pagan Tribes of Borneo / A Description of Their Physical Mor...
        15
        Like his son, he received the traditional education of the American upper class.
        The Guardian
        16
        Court tennis was a game played in the enclaves of the upper class.
        A fierce radiance: a novel
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