as in noble
a person of high birth or social position
could trace his lineage to an English aristocrat of the 17th century
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Recent Examples of aristocrat
Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann Knightley played Elizabeth Swann, an aristocrat who is rescued by Sparrow and Turner after being kidnapped by rival pirates.
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Keith Langston, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Seoul’s Bukchon Hanok Village was once home to esteemed aristocrats of the royal court but now features one of the city’s most elegant hotels that’s styled like a hanok (Korean traditional house).
—Leslie Patrick, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
The English aristocrat was one-half of one of TV‘s greatest romances, having fallen in love with Brandon Sklenar’s big game hunter Spencer Dutton in equatorial Africa.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 2025
In the title story, a young pianist marries an aristocrat, then later discovers his collection of sadistic pornography and a torture chamber containing the bodies of his three previous wives.
—Kadish Morris, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Keith Langston, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Seoul’s Bukchon Hanok Village was once home to esteemed aristocrats of the royal court but now features one of the city’s most elegant hotels that’s styled like a hanok (Korean traditional house).
—Leslie Patrick, AFAR Media, 15 Apr. 2025
The English aristocrat was one-half of one of TV‘s greatest romances, having fallen in love with Brandon Sklenar’s big game hunter Spencer Dutton in equatorial Africa.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 2025
In the title story, a young pianist marries an aristocrat, then later discovers his collection of sadistic pornography and a torture chamber containing the bodies of his three previous wives.
—Kadish Morris, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aristocrat
noble
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Despite its remote location, the 18th-century Georgian home was a stopover for a procession of nobles, actors, and writers, like Peter O’Toole, John Steinbeck, Marlon Brando, and Montgomery Clift.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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The Board of Rites is tasked with making sure the ceremonies performed by the imperial nobles go off without a hitch, and its members have been dying throughout the series.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Aristocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aristocrat. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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