Aristocrat meaning
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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A member of the aristocracy; nobleman.
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A person having the tastes, manners, or other characteristics of the aristocracy.
A natural aristocrat who insists on the best accommodations.
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A person who advocates government by an aristocracy.
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A member of a ruling class or of the nobility.
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A person with the tastes, manners, beliefs, etc. of the upper class.
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One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).
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A person who believes in aristocracy as a form of government.
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One considered the best of its kind.
The aristocrat of cars.
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Origin of aristocrat
- French aristocrate from aristocratie aristocracy from Old French from Late Latin aristocratia aristocracy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From French aristocrate (a word from the French Revolution), from aristocratie., from ἄριστος (aristos, “best”) (compare Old English ar) + κράτος (kratos, “rule”).
From Wiktionary