upper ten thousand
Meanings
noun
- The ten thousand people, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy.
Word forms
Etymology
Coined in the 1800s by American poet and author Nathaniel Parker Willis.
Synonyms
Related words
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.