English Explanatory Dictionary

ruling class

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The social class of a given society that controls that society's political agenda, whether as a formal aristocracy or a party leadership or as an informal unit within democracies.

Word forms

ruling class ruling classes

Etymology

From ruling + class. First use appears c. 1653.

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