n. Function: noun
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Synonyms: BEST , choice, cream, fat, flower, pick, pride, prime, prize, top
Related Words: elect, pink, select; ||hoi polloi
Idioms: cream of the crop, crème de la crème, pick of the bunch
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Synonyms: ARISTOCRACY , aristoi, flower, gentility, gentry, optimacy, quality, society, upper class, upper crust
Related Words: drawing rooms; Four Hundred; beautiful people, jet set, smart set
Idioms: high society, horsey set
Contrasted Words: hoi polloi, (the) masses, mob, peasantry, people, proletariat, rabble