Oberschicht — meaning in English

English meaning

• elite noun The smallest, most powerful or most accomplished group within a larger population.
• gentry noun People of high social standing and good breeding, especially landowners ranked just below the nobility.

Senses

Oberschicht is used for these senses in English:

• elite A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.
• gentry Birth; condition; rank by birth.
• upper class Those people at the top of a social hierarchy.

elite — full definition

1. noun The smallest, most powerful or most accomplished group within a larger population.
2. adj Regarded as the best of its kind, or belonging to a select top group.

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