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.
[French aristocrate, from aristocratie, aristocracy, from Old French, from Late Latin aristocratia; see aristocracy.] a·ris'to·crat'ic, a·ris'to·crat'i·cal adj., a·ris'to·crat'i·cal·ly adv.