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people who have the highest social status: can be followed by a singular or plural verb

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the people in the highest class of society, who usually have money, land, and power and who often have special titles, such as ‘duke’ or ‘countess’: can be followed by a singular or plural verb

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people in the highest social class who usually have titles, for example dukes, duchesses, or earls

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the people who belong to a high social class, thought of as a group

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used for talking about people of a high social class, usually suggesting that they pretend that things they consider to be unpleasant do not exist

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people who belong to the highest social class

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an old word for people from a high social class

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a Hindu who belongs to the highest caste (=social class), in which men were traditionally priests

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an old word for a man from a family in a high social class

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an old word for a woman who was well educated or who was from a high social class