a·ris·to·crat ( -r s t-kr t , 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·ris to·cratic, a·risto·crati·cal adj.a·ris to·crati·cal·ly adv. |
aristocratic [ˌærɪstəˈkrætɪk]
adj
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) relating to or characteristic of aristocracy or an aristocrat
2. elegant or stylish in appearance and behaviour
aristocratically adv
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. |  aristocratic - belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth" |
aristocratic
adjective
1. upper-class, lordly, titled, gentle (archaic), elite, gentlemanly, noble, patrician, blue-blooded, well-born, highborn a wealthy, aristocratic family
upper-class common, working-class, lower-class, proletarian, plebeian
upper-class common, working-class, lower-class, proletarian, plebeian
Translations
aristocratic
adj (lit) → aristokratisch, adlig; (fig also) → vornehm
aristocratic [ˌærɪstəˈkrætɪk] adj → aristocratico/a
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