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Noun ruling class has 1 sense

• ruling class(n = noun.group) people in power - the class of people exerting power or authority; Array
is a kind of upper class, upper crust

THESAURUS

ruling class

aedileship, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate, aristocracy, barons, bishopric, bureaucracy, chairmanship, chancellery, chancellorate, chancellorship, chiefery, chiefry, chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, consulate, consulship, cream, deanery, dictatorship, dictature, directorate, directorship, elite, emirate, episcopacy, establishment, governorship, headship, hegemony, hierarchy, higher echelons, higher-ups, leadership, lords of creation, lordship, magistracy, magistrateship, magistrature, management, masterdom, mastership, mastery, mayoralty, mayorship, metropolitanate, metropolitanship, ministry, nobility, officialdom, overlapping, papacy, pashadom, pashalic, patriarchate, patriarchy, pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood, popeship, power elite, power structure, prefectship, prefecture, prelacy, premiership, presidency, presidentship, prime-ministership, prime-ministry, princedom, princeship, principality, proconsulate, proconsulship, protectorate, protectorship, provostry, provostship, rectorate, rectorship, regency, regentship, ruling circles, ruling classes, seigniory, seneschalship, seneschalsy, sheikhdom, sheriffalty, sheriffcy, sheriffdom, shrievalty, supervisorship, suzerainship, suzerainty, the Establishment, the administration, the authorities, the best, the best people, the brass, the ingroup, the interests, the people upstairs, the power elite, the power structure, the top, them, they, top brass, top people, tribunate, upper class, upper crust, vizierate, viziership

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