aristocratical

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.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

aristocratical - 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" aristocratic, blue-blooded, patrician, gentle, blue noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"