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upper houses

upper houses is the plural of upper house.

Meaning of upper house

Noun

upper house (plural upper houses)

  1. The upper legislative house in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower house.
    • It was, however, thrown out when it reached the " Upper House," as the Legislative Council is designated.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 286
    Synonyms:
    upper chamber

Questions about upper houses

What is upper houses the plural of?
Upper houses is the plural of upper house.

Words near upper houses in the dictionary

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  2. Upper Holloway
  3. Upper Horseshoe Creek
  4. Upper Horton
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  7. Upper Hungary
  8. Upper Hunter
  9. Upper Hutt
  10. Upper Iberia
  11. Upper Inuman

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