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upper ten thousand

upper ten thousand noun: the ten thousand people, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy.

Noun

upper ten thousand pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial, dated, plural, plural-only) The ten thousand people, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy.
    Synonyms:
    upper ten

Synonyms of upper ten thousand

Origin of upper ten thousand

Coined in the 1800s by American poet and author Nathaniel Parker Willis.

Questions about upper ten thousand

What does upper ten thousand mean?
Upper ten thousand means the ten thousand people, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy.
What part of speech is upper ten thousand?
Upper ten thousand is a noun.

Words near upper ten thousand in the dictionary

  1. Upper Svaneti
  2. Upper Sydenham
  3. Upper Tanana
  4. Upper Tean
  5. upper ten
  6. upper ten thousand
  7. Upper Tooloom
  8. Upper Township
  9. Upper Turon
  10. Upper Uwchlan
  11. Upper Volta

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