executive class

American  

noun

1. business class.

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Other Word Forms

• executive-class adjective

Etymology

Origin of executive class

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

That’s what makes the Rockies the Holy Grail for the math wonks and Ivy League whiz kids who make up baseball’s executive class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

The centerpiece of his line soon became an executive class “power suit” with broad shoulders and narrow hips to recall Cary Grant in the 1940s.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025

“How much is enough for the executive class, how much is enough for the shareholders?”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2019

“In these times,” he wrote, “the message the executive class is sending is clear: working women and men should blindly obey orders with no questions asked, even when they are experts in their field.”

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2018

The well-to-do executive class forming the last group had the greatest cause to feel alarmed at the consequences which might follow upon the war.

From Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker by Radziwill, Catherine, Princess