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单词 upper house
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upper house

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noun

one of two branches of a legislature generally smaller and less representative than the lower branch, as the Senate of the U.S. Congress.

Origin of upper house

First recorded in 1525–35

Words nearby upper house

Upper East Side, Upper Egypt, upper extremity, upper GI series, upper hand, upper house, upper mordent, uppermost, upper motor neuron, Upper Palaeolithic, Upper Palatinate
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Example sentences from the Web for upper house

  • Upper-house elections slated for next July will be a key to determining how much room Abe and his party will have to maneuver.

    Japan’s Liberal Democrats Win Huge, But Stability May Prove Elusive|Takashi Yokota|December 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for upper house

upper house

noun

(often capitals) one of the two houses of a bicameral legislatureAlso called: upper chamber Compare lower house
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