upper ten thousand

== English == === Etymology === Coined in the 1800s by American poet and author Nathaniel Parker Willis. === Noun === upper ten thousand pl (plural only) (dated, colloquial) The ten thousand people, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. ==== Synonyms ==== upper ten ==== Related terms ==== uppertendom === References === “upper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.