"silk-stocking" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Among men, silk stockings were formerly worn chiefly by the rich.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "silk-stocking (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "June 11, 1812, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry\n[They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious."
      ],
      "id": "en-silk-stocking-en-adj-FebjrbeF",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "aristocratic",
          "aristocratic"
        ],
        [
          "luxurious",
          "luxurious"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, derogatory) Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "silk-stockinged"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "derogatory",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "silk-stocking"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Among men, silk stockings were formerly worn chiefly by the rich.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "silk-stocking (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English uncomparable adjectives"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "June 11, 1812, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry\n[They] will find their levees crowded with silk-stocking gentry, but no yeomanry; an army of officers without soldiers."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "aristocratic",
          "aristocratic"
        ],
        [
          "luxurious",
          "luxurious"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic, derogatory) Elegantly dressed; aristocratic; luxurious."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "derogatory",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "silk-stockinged"
    }
  ],
  "word": "silk-stocking"
}