bovenlaag

Definitions of bovenlaag
  1. noun
    a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter
    synonyms: coating, deklaag, mantel, overjas, pardessus
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    ulster
    loose long overcoat of heavy fabric; usually belted
    type of:
    coat, jas
    an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
  2. noun
    the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
    synonyms: elite
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    elite
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
    aristocratie
    the most powerful members of a society
    elect
    an exclusive group of people
    intellect, intelligentsia
    an educated and intellectual elite
    grondbezit, grondeigendom, grootgrondbezit, latifundium
    the gentry who own land (considered as a class)
    adel, adeldom, aristocratie, nobiliteit, noblesse
    a privileged class holding hereditary titles
    type of:
    eersteklas, kl., klas, klasse, stand
    people having the same social, economic, or educational status
  3. noun
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
    synonyms: elite
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    elect
    an exclusive group of people
    intellect, intelligentsia
    an educated and intellectual elite
    adel, adeldom, aristocratie, nobiliteit, noblesse
    a privileged class holding hereditary titles
    aristocratie
    the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
    ridderschap, ridderstand
    aristocrats holding the rank of knight
    samoerai
    feudal Japanese military aristocracy
    type of:
    elite
    the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
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