the upper class, the high society, the gentry; the people of quality

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Definition of the upper class, the high society, the gentry; the people of quality in English English dictionary

the quality

Yet they did not pretend to be members of ‘the quality’, the people of fashion, the cosmopolitan beau monde or the ton, although they were not above harping on their exalted acquaintances among the nobility or the antiquity of their lineage when they saw fit.

Hyphenation

the up·per class, the high society, the gentry; the peo·ple of qua·li·ty