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aristocrat

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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.

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

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

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.aristocrataristocrat - a member of the aristocracy          
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

aristocrat
noun noble, lord, lady, peer, patrician, grandee, nobleman, aristo (informal), childe (archaic), noblewoman, peeress He is the archetypal English aristocrat
Translations
aristocrat [ˈærɪstəkræt] Naristócrata mf
aristocrat [əˈrɪstəkræt] naristocrate mf
aristocrat
nAristokrat(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 familyder edelste Vertreter der Hunde-/Katzenfamilie
aristocrat [ˈærɪstəˌkræt] nnobile m/f, aristocratico/a


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In England the line is in one place, in Burmah in another, and in America in another; but the aristocrat of all these countries never goes over it.
Not that I admire a head of that sort; it wants character and force; there's too much of the sen-si-tive (so he articulated it, curling his lip at the same time) in that mouth; besides, there is Aristocrat written on the brow and defined in the figure; I hate your aristocrats.
"An aristocrat need not be ashamed of the trade," observed Laurence; "for the Czar Peter the Great once served an apprenticeship to it.
 
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