Informal term for aristocrat.the stinkingly rich aristos...
Benjamin, his sleuth hero, has his nose put out of joint when his fortune-teller sister, Therse, announces her engagement to Marie-Colbert, a rich aristo.
To be sure, you don't have to be an aristo to become president.
The beginning of the winter brought a new season of parties and gatherings with which the aristos sought to dispel the gloominess of this permanently twilit world.