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a·ris·to·crat    Audio Help   [uh-ris-tuh-krat, ar-uh-stuh-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
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.

[Origin: 1770–80; < F aristocrate, back formation from aristocratie aristocracy]

1. patrician, peer, lord.
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a·ris·to·crat    Audio Help   (ə-rĭs'tə-krāt', ār'ĭs-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A member of a ruling class or of the nobility.
  2. A person having the tastes, manners, or other characteristics of the aristocracy: a natural aristocrat who insists on the best accommodations.
  3. A person who advocates government by an aristocracy.
  4. 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.
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aristocrat

noun
a member of the aristocracy 

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ˈaristocrat [-krӕt, (American) əˈristəkrӕt] noun
a member of the aristocracy
Arabic: أرِسْتوقْراطي،مِن طَبَقَة ألأشْراف
Chinese (Simplified): 贵族中的一员
Chinese (Traditional): 貴族中的一員
Czech: aristokrat, šlechtic
Danish: aristokrat
Dutch: aristocraat
Estonian: aristokraat
Finnish: aristokraatti
French: aristocrate
German: der, *die Adelige(r)
Greek: αριστοκράτης
Hungarian: arisztokrata
Icelandic: aðalsmaður
Indonesian: keluarga ningrat
Italian: aristocratico
Japanese: 貴族
Korean: 귀족(계급의 사람)
Latvian: aristokrāts
Lithuanian: aristokratas
Norwegian: aristokrat
Polish: arystokrata
Portuguese (Brazil): aristocrata
Portuguese (Portugal): aristocrata
Romanian: aristocrat
Russian: аристократ
Slovak: aristokrat, -ka
Slovenian: aristokrat
Spanish: aristócrata
Swedish: aristokrat
Turkish: soylu, aristokrat
See also: aristocracy, aristocratic, "aristocrat" in any language

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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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