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Definition of hauteur noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hauteur

noun

NAmE//hɔˈtər//

, NAmE//hoʊˈtər//

, NAmE//oʊˈtər//

[uncountable] (formal)

an unfriendly way of behaving toward other people suggesting that you think that you are better than they are

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