aristocratic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to government by an aristocracy.
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belonging to or favoring the aristocracy.
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characteristic of an aristocrat; having the manners, values, or qualities associated with the aristocracy.
aristocratic bearing; aristocratic snobbishness.
adjective
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relating to or characteristic of aristocracy or an aristocrat
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elegant or stylish in appearance and behaviour
Other Word Forms
- antiaristocratic adjective
- antiaristocratical adjective
- antiaristocratically adverb
- aristocratically adverb
- aristocraticalness noun
- aristocraticness noun
- nonaristocratic adjective
- nonaristocratical adjective
- nonaristocratically adverb
- proaristocratic adjective
- pseudoaristocratic adjective
- pseudoaristocratical adjective
- pseudoaristocratically adverb
- unaristocratic adjective
- unaristocratically adverb
Etymology
Origin of aristocratic
First recorded in 1595–1605; from Greek aristokratikós “pertaining to aristocracy,” from aristokrat(ía) “rule of the best” ( aristocracy ) + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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The wider family, whose aristocratic ancestors can be traced to Norman times, had members belonging to various Christian denominations and at least one who was Jewish during Victorian times.
From BBC
As an undergraduate at Cambridge, the young Martin befriended the aristocratic Ben Fitzmaurice.
I didn’t realize it at the time, but there was also insecurity there: An American embarrassed by a rough, unsophisticated America, envious of Europe’s aristocratic polish.
The exhibition includes examples of his illustrations for the journal Oxford Left, as well as some amusing caricatures of his aristocratic classmates.
The afterglow of aristocratic grace, the poet noted, was obscured by the “rising tide of democracy, which invades and levels all things.”
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