above stairs /əˌbʌv ˈstɝs/prepositional phrase 2noun 1 prepositional phrase2 •(UK, historical) In or pertaining to the part of a large house, typically the above-ground rooms, in which the owning family lives, contrasted with below stairs where the servants are accommodated. •(no longer used) Upstairs; in or on an upper floor.The Physician now arrived, and began to enquire of the two Disputants, how we all did above Stairs? 'In a miserable Way,' answered Thwackum. — 1749 noun1 •(no longer used) The part of a building above the ground level.
