English Explanatory Dictionary

upstairs-downstairs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Involving or relating to divisions or relations between different social classes, especially domestic servants and their upper-class employers.

Word forms

upstairs-downstairs

Etymology

From the practice of servants living on the lower floors or basements of grand houses, while their employers live on the upper floors.

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