"beautiful people" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-beautiful people.ogg
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; the beau monde. Tags: capitalized, dated, idiomatic, plural, plural-only, sometimes Categories (topical): Collectives, Wealth
    Sense id: en-beautiful_people-en-noun-Ly269szP Disambiguation of Collectives: 91 9 Disambiguation of Wealth: 96 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beautiful, people. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-beautiful_people-en-noun-oqa9lqKc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: jet set, upper crust
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