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Definition upper house in American English

upper house noun

[singular] noun
1

the part of a legislature of a country that is smaller and represents fewer people or is not elected at all. In the U.K., the upper house is the House of Lords, and in the U.S., it is the Senate.

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Definition upper house in American English