单词 | aristocracy |
释义 | aristocracyaristocracy /ˌærəˈstɑkrəsi/ noun (plural aristocracies) 1[countable usually singular] the people in the highest social class, who traditionally have a lot of land, money, and power: The nation’s elite sends its children to boarding schools in the tradition of the British aristocracy.2[uncountable] social studies, politics the system in which a country is governed by the people of the highest social class3[singular] social studies, history the group of rich and powerful men from a high social class who ruled the city states and controlled the government of ancient Greece [Origin: 1400–1500 French aristocratie, from Late Latin, from Greek aristokratia, from aristos best + -kratia -cracy] |
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