aristocrat

[uh-ris-tuh-krat, ar-uh-stuh-]

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noun

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.

Origin of aristocrat

1770–80; < French aristocrate, back formation from aristocratie aristocracy

Synonyms for aristocrat

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1. patrician, peer, lord.

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Related Words for aristocrat

noble, patrician, peer, swell, gentleperson

Examples from the Web for aristocrat

Contemporary Examples of aristocrat

In 1948, Charles Aron, co-owner of Aristocrat, divorced his wife, Evelyn.
The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters
Alex Belth
August 2, 2014
The French aristocrat Marquis de Sade once said that “It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.”
The Twisted Sadism of ‘Borgman’
Alex Suskind
June 28, 2014
He was a lowly country lawyer and she a Kentucky aristocrat who had come to visit her older sister in Illinois.
Lincoln in Love
Jerome Charyn
February 14, 2014
Will she settle down to a life of quiet obscurity and shooting parties and marry an aristocrat like the establishment hopes?
Laugh All You Like at Her Dumb Party Tips, but Pippa Has the Midas Touch
Tom Sykes
August 29, 2013
In previous centuries, a Roman aristocrat who made a political misstep ended in obscurity or exile.
Why the Roman Republic Died
David Frum
September 21, 2012

Historical Examples of aristocrat

Therefore it is clear to my mind that the word was not 'artichoke,' but 'aristocrat,' that he used.
Rico and Wiseli
Johanna Spyri
You are an aristocrat, and must have an escort—and must pay for it.
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
Nor, though among the wealthy of the city, is he an aristocrat in feeling.
Cleveland Past and Present
Maurice Joblin
Charvet laughingly called Clemence an aristocrat because she drank grog.
The Fat and the Thin
Emile Zola
If one of these two was an aristocrat, surely that one was the Citizen-deputy La Boulaye.
The Trampling of the Lilies
Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for aristocrat

aristocrat

noun

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

1789, from French aristocrate, a word of the Revolution, a back-formation from aristocratie (see aristocracy).