upper crust

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upper crust

n. Informal

The highest social class or group.

upper-crust (

r-kr

) adj.

upper crust

(Sociology) Informal the upper class

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Noun

upper crust - the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy

upper class

social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

elite, elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

gentry, aristocracy - the most powerful members of a society

people in power, ruling class - the class of people exerting power or authority

Translations

upper crust n the upper crust (fam) → l'aristocrazia

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