a·ris·to·crat
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| 1. | a member of an aristocracy, esp. a noble. |
| 2. | a person who has the tastes, manners, etc., characteristic of members of an aristocracy. |
| 3. | an advocate of an aristocratic form of government. |
| 4. | anything regarded as the best, most elegant, or most stylish of its kind: the aristocrat of California wines. |
—Synonyms 1. patrician, peer, lord.
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aristocrat
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n.
[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. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| aristocrat | |
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| a member of the aristocracy |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈaristocrat [-krӕt, (American) əˈristəkrӕt] noun
a member of the aristocracy
See also: aristocracy, aristocratic
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Aristocrat
A*ris"to*crat\ (?; 277), n. [F. aristocrate. See Aristocracy.]1. One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble. 2. One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person. A born aristocrat, bred radical. --Mrs. Browning. 3. One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern. His whole family are accused of being aristocrats. --Romilly.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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