upper-class

/ˌʌpəklˈas/

/ˌʌpɚklˈæs/

upper-class

occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society

Examples

1. Additionally, all members of the Federal Reserve Board come from upper-class socioeconomic background.

2. In his humorous plays, he satirized upper-class Victorian society.

3. On top of that, the targeted upper-class clientele never showed interest.

4. His participants were all upper-class French and Scottish people - a small subsection of the population.