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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The former shared their hobby with Javanese aristocrats and other elites, and the latter collaborated with local artisans who supplied the materials to serve Indonesian customers.
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H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2026
PepsiCo is a dividend aristocrat, having announced a 4% dividend hike in February, its 54th consecutive year of increases.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
War is the backdrop of Amy Ephron’s latest novel, a suspenseful noir that travels between the bohemians of Greenwich Village and the aristocrats of uptown.
—Air Mail, 11 Apr. 2026
Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli is born in Rome, the second of two daughters of a Neapolitan aristocrat, Giuseppa Maria de Dominicis, and Celestino Schiaparelli, a scholar from Piedmont who was appointed head of the Lincei Library in the Palazzo Corsini by King Victor Emmanuel II.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
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H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 17 Apr. 2026
PepsiCo is a dividend aristocrat, having announced a 4% dividend hike in February, its 54th consecutive year of increases.
—Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
War is the backdrop of Amy Ephron’s latest novel, a suspenseful noir that travels between the bohemians of Greenwich Village and the aristocrats of uptown.
—Air Mail, 11 Apr. 2026
Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli is born in Rome, the second of two daughters of a Neapolitan aristocrat, Giuseppa Maria de Dominicis, and Celestino Schiaparelli, a scholar from Piedmont who was appointed head of the Lincei Library in the Palazzo Corsini by King Victor Emmanuel II.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026
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noble
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The son of Italian nobles, Baldassare Castiglione’s main claim to fame was writing a book of etiquette based on his experience as a courtier, a person who serves as an attendant to a king, queen, or other member of a royal family.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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Mexican nobles couldn’t keep household help.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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