aristocrat
[uh-ris-tuh-krat, ar-uh-stuh-]
- a member of an aristocracy, especially a noble.
- a person who has the tastes, manners, etc., characteristic of members of an aristocracy.
- an advocate of an aristocratic form of government.
- anything regarded as the best, most elegant, or most stylish of its kind: the aristocrat of California wines.
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Origin of aristocrat
Synonyms
See more synonyms for aristocrat on Thesaurus.com1. patrician, peer, lord.
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Examples from the Web for aristocrat
Contemporary Examples
In 1948, Charles Aron, co-owner of Aristocrat, divorced his wife, Evelyn.
The French aristocrat Marquis de Sade once said that “It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.”
He was a lowly country lawyer and she a Kentucky aristocrat who had come to visit her older sister in Illinois.
Will she settle down to a life of quiet obscurity and shooting parties and marry an aristocrat like the establishment hopes?
In previous centuries, a Roman aristocrat who made a political misstep ended in obscurity or exile.
Historical Examples
Therefore it is clear to my mind that the word was not 'artichoke,' but 'aristocrat,' that he used.
Rico and WiseliJohanna Spyri
You are an aristocrat, and must have an escort—and must pay for it.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
Nor, though among the wealthy of the city, is he an aristocrat in feeling.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
Charvet laughingly called Clemence an aristocrat because she drank grog.
The Fat and the ThinEmile Zola
If one of these two was an aristocrat, surely that one was the Citizen-deputy La Boulaye.
The Trampling of the LiliesRafael Sabatini
aristocrat
- a member of the aristocracy; a noble
- a person who has the manners or qualities of a member of a privileged or superior class
- a person who advocates aristocracy as a form of government
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Word Origin and History for aristocrat
n.
1789, from French aristocrate, a word of the Revolution, a back-formation from aristocratie (see aristocracy).
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