aristocrat

a·ris·to·crat  (-rst-krt, rs-)

n.

1. A member of a ruling class or of the nobility.

2. A person having the tastes, manners, or other characteristics of the aristocracy: a natural aristocrat who insists on the best accommodations.

3. A person who advocates government by an aristocracy.

4. One considered the best of its kind: the aristocrat of cars.

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[French aristocrate, from aristocratie, aristocracy, from Old French, from Late Latin aristocratia; see aristocracy.]

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a·risto·cratic, a·risto·crati·cal adj.

a·risto·crati·cal·ly adv.

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aristocrat [ˈærɪstəˌkræt]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member of the aristocracy; a noble

2. a person who has the manners or qualities of a member of a privileged or superior class

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who advocates aristocracy as a form of government

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

aristocrat - a member of the aristocracy           blue blood, patrician aristocracy, nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others baronet, Bart - a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart." brahman, brahmin - a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston brahman" female aristocrat - a woman who is an aristocrat Highness - (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person male aristocrat - a man who is an aristocrat prince - a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign) princess - a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) raja, rajah - a prince or king in India ranee, rani - (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja

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aristocrat

noun noble, lord, lady, peer, patrician, grandee, nobleman, aristo (informal), childe (archaic), noblewoman, peeress He is the archetypal English aristocrat

Translations

aristocrat [ˈærɪstəkræt] N → aristócrata mf

aristocrat [əˈrɪstəkræt] n → aristocrate mf

aristocrat

n → Aristokrat(in) m(f), → Adlige(r) mf; he is too much of an aristocrat to … (fig) → er ist sich (dat) → zu fein, um … zu …; the aristocrat of the dog/cat family → der edelste Vertreter der Hunde-/Katzenfamilie

aristocrat [ˈærɪstəˌkræt] n → nobile m/f, aristocratico/a