- a member of the aristocracy; nobleman
- a person with the tastes, manners, beliefs, etc. of the upper class
- a person who believes in aristocracy as a form of government
Origin of aristocrat
French aristocrate: term popularized during French Revolution
A home of the aristocracy in England.
The definition of an aristocrat is a person considered to be elite, and in the highest class.
An example of an aristocrat is the Frenchman Marquis de Sade.
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aristocrat
noun
- A member of a ruling class or of the nobility.
- A person having the tastes, manners, or other characteristics of the aristocracy: a natural aristocrat who insists on the best accommodations.
- A person who advocates government by an aristocracy.
- One considered the best of its kind: the aristocrat of cars.
Origin of aristocrat
French aristocrate from aristocratie aristocracy from Old French from Late Latin aristocratia ; see aristocracy .Related Forms:
- a·ris′to·crat′ic a·ris′to·crat′i·cal
adjective
- a·ris′to·crat′i·cal·ly
adverb
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Noun
(plural aristocrats)
- One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).
- A proponent of aristocracy; an advocate of aristocratic government.
Hyponyms
- See also nobleman
Origin
From French aristocrate (a word from the French Revolution), from aristocratie., from ἄριστος (aristos, “best”) (compare Old English ar) + κράτος (kratos, “rule”).
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Sentence Examples
- Bradfords are not very sturdy, often splitting in strong storms, so consider other varieties such as Aristocrat if you don't want to have to perform a lot of maintenance or replace your trees after foul weather.
- For boys, vampire costumes might be accessorized with the medals of an aristocrat like Bela Lugosi's Count Dracula.
- The Aristocrat offers a specialized Pantone Color System that has 929 customized color choices for your personalized bracelets.
- Soon afterwards Sulpicius, hitherto an aristocrat, declared in favour of Marius and the popular party.
- Nevertheless Tarnowski was emphatically an aristocrat and an oligarch, proud of his ancient lineage and intensely opposed to the democratic tendencies of the szlachta.
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