cultured class
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America, unlike England, has no recognized cultured class, and has no aristocracy, so called, with which to keep mere rich men suitably miserable—at least a little humble and wistful.
From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley
Very few books that the cultured class has produced of late have been such good literature as the expression "painting the town red."
From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
The women of what are now France and England clothed themselves at that time in the same manner as the cultured class of Rome.
From Woman as Decoration by Burbank, Emily
He appealed to me as a member of a cultured class.
From Gossamer 1915 by Birmingham, George A.
The talk is the talk of a cultured class who live wholesome lives and have no cares.
From Australian Writers by Byrne, Desmond