beautiful people
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English
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Noun
[edit]beautiful people pl (plural only)
- (idiomatic, somewhat dated, sometimes capitalized, almost always preceded by the) Fashionable, privileged, glamorous people, especially those belonging to international high society; the beau monde.
- 1975 June 16, “People: Millionettes”, in Time, retrieved 6 August 2014:
- Now these "rich young brats" have succeeded café society, the jet set and the beautiful people as social pacesetters.
- 1981 November 13, Red Smith, “Place Where Polo Reigns Supreme”, in New York Times, retrieved 6 August 2014:
- Polo . . . is a jewel of a game for the beautiful people, though, and nowhere is there a higher incidence of beautiful people than Palm Beach.
- 2007 July 18, Brent Elder, “Grant Writing and Sightseeing”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 6 August 2014:
- We were granted access with her VIP passes and received a first-hand look at the Dubai party scene. The club was filled with all the beautiful people of Dubai.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beautiful, people.
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[edit]- “beautiful people”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “the beautiful people”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.