(~s)
If you refer to a group of people as the ~s, you mean they are rich or come from a much higher social class than you do. (BRIT INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)
...the ~s who live in the Big House...
N-COUNT: usu pl
(~s)
If you refer to a group of people as the ~s, you mean they are rich or come from a much higher social class than you do. (BRIT INFORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED)
...the ~s who live in the Big House...
N-COUNT: usu pl
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012