"beautiful people" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-beautiful people.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} beautiful people pl (plural only)
  1. (idiomatic, somewhat dated, sometimes capitalized, almost always preceded by the) Fashionable, privileged, glamorous people, especially those belonging to international high society. Tags: capitalized, dated, idiomatic, plural, plural-only, sometimes Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-beautiful_people-en-noun-ePR42kDh Disambiguation of Collectives: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 92 8
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beautiful, people. Tags: plural, plural-only Related terms: jet set, upper crust
    Sense id: en-beautiful_people-en-noun-oqa9lqKc

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