aristo
noun
aristo
1 American
[uh-ris-toh]
/ əˈrɪs toʊ /
noun
Chiefly British Informal.
-
aristos
plural
aristo-
2
American
aristo
British
/ əˈrɪstəʊ, ˈærɪstəʊ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of aristo1
1860–65; by shortening; cf. -o
Origin of aristo-2
< Greek, combining form of áristos best, superlative of ari- probably a term specifying at first the upper class of society, the warrior caste; cf. Ares, perhaps Aryan
Example Sentences
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Raised in a San Francisco orphanage, educated at Princeton, he has fathered two sets of twins with his Scottish aristo wife, who is herself “eighteenth cousin to the Queen twice removed or something.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2020
They train her in aristo ways in a wan “My Fair Lady”-style tutoring session.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2017
Peter Sandys-Clarke also does his bit as the self-regarding aristo.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2013
Instead of trying to look merely healthy—just naturally lustrous—women now strive to look as much as possible like a bewigged aristo of yore.
From Slate ● May 14, 2012
I don't want the pathetic figure of Yvonne Kernogan and her father to remain as a picture of patient resignation in the hearts and minds of every other aristo in the land.
From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Both ponder the consequences of the emotional inhibitions of English aristos, and mine them for humor.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2015
Other options include St. Andrews, the alma mater of both William and Kate, where the royal offspring could follow in the footsteps of many other English aristos by studying the History of Art.
From Time ● Dec. 5, 2012
Velvet sleeves concealing jewel-encrusted daggers, scheming eunuchs with networks of spies, parvenue commoners outwitting the supercilious aristos and totally, utterly ruthless power plays — what’s not to love?
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2012
The demographics of Scotland afford Warner the opportunity to explore class relationships in detail; and the isolated, rural Port is a place where the bampots and the aristos live side by side.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012
"The aristos, citizen?" queried Grosjean, and nothing could have looked more utterly, more ludicrously bewildered than did the old concierge at this moment.
From The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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