Definition of aristocrat
1 : a member of an aristocracy; especially : noble an aristocrat by birth
2a : one who has the bearing and viewpoint typical of the aristocracyb : one who favors aristocracy
3 : one believed to be superior of its kind the aristocrat of Southern resorts — Southern Living
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Examples of aristocrat in a Sentence
could trace his lineage to an English aristocrat of the 17th century
Recent Examples of aristocrat from the Web
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The upstairs-downstairs drama of WWI-era aristocrats and the staff who catered to them played out in real life at Portland's Pittock Mansion.
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Coming from a family of military aristocrats, he was commissioned as an officer at 13 years of age and joined the American cause as a 19-year-old general.
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Experts say the Rome ruins might be from an aristocrat’s home at the foot of the nearby Celian Hill or from a nearby military barracks, which itself had been explored in other excavations for the subway line.
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Experts say the Rome ruins might be from an aristocrat's home at the foot of the nearby Celian Hill or from a nearby military barracks, which itself had been explored in other excavations for the subway line.
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Beatty was the dark prince of Hollywood, an aristocrat-rake living a life of excess and indulgence.
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Instead, let the stunning designs of Lisa Zinni’s costumes draw your senses to a more exquisite era, in which English aristocrats donned floral dresses and all-white suits to dominate the polo fields and Argentine industries with their imperialism.
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Originally the calcio was played for rich aristocrats, and even popes were known to play.
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Well, rejecting the pretensions of the peacocking parvenu is one of the sweetest pleasures left to the fallen aristocrat.
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Did You Know?
Since aristos means "best" in Greek, ancient Greeks such as Plato and Aristotle used the word aristocracy to mean a system of rule by the best people—that is, those who deserved to rule because of their intelligence and moral excellence. But this kind of "best" soon became something you could inherit from your parents. The United States has no formal aristocracy—no noble titles such as baron or marquis that stay in the family—but certain American families have achieved an almost aristocratic status because of the wealth they've held onto for generations.
Origin and Etymology of aristocrat
see aristocracy
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: a member of an aristocracy
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