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[ uh-ris-tuh-krat, ar-uh-stuh- ] / əˈrɪs təˌkræt, ˈær ə stə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR aristocrat ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna member of an aristocracy, especially a noble. a person who has the tastes, manners, etc., characteristic of members of an aristocracy. an advocate of an aristocratic form of government. anything regarded as the best, most elegant, or most stylish of its kind: the aristocrat of California wines. Origin of aristocrat1770–80; <French aristocrate, back formation from aristocratiearistocracy SYNONYMS FOR aristocratSEE SYNONYMS FOR aristocrat ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby aristocratAristides, Aristippus, aristo, Aristocort, aristocracy, aristocrat, aristocratic, aristolochiaceous, Aristophanes, Aristophanes of Byzantium, Aristoteles Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for aristocratIn 1948, Charles Aron, co-owner of Aristocrat, divorced his wife, Evelyn. The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters|Alex Belth|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST The French aristocrat Marquis de Sade once said that “It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.” The Twisted Sadism of ‘Borgman’|Alex Suskind|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST He was a lowly country lawyer and she a Kentucky aristocrat who had come to visit her older sister in Illinois. Lincoln in Love|Jerome Charyn|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Will she settle down to a life of quiet obscurity and shooting parties and marry an aristocrat like the establishment hopes? Laugh All You Like at Her Dumb Party Tips, but Pippa Has the Midas Touch|Tom Sykes|August 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In previous centuries, a Roman aristocrat who made a political misstep ended in obscurity or exile. Why the Roman Republic Died|David Frum|September 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST No man can buy brains, and truly he is an aristocrat of the highest order who is blessed with a good brain. Dollars and Sense|Col. Wm. C. Hunter Down in those lonely valleys, almost hidden in their leafy groves, was the home of many an old Virginia aristocrat. Brother Against Brother|John Roy Musick Parvenus keep their hats on always, unless before some aristocrat, to whom they cringe. Rambles in Womanland|Max O'Rell It is alike the passion of the parvenu and the pride of the aristocrat. Summer in a Garden, and Calvin, A Study Of Character|Charles Dudley Warner To pretend that the aristocrat meets all classes at Oxford is too ludicrous to be worth discussion. All Things Considered|G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for aristocrat
nouna member of the aristocracy; a noble a person who has the manners or qualities of a member of a privileged or superior class a person who advocates aristocracy as a form of government Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to aristocratnoble, patrician, peer, swell, gentleperson, lace curtain, silk stocking |