aristocrat
noun
a member of an aristocracy, especially a noble.
aristocrats
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pluralof aristocrat.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This agri-stocracy ruled over a part of California equivalent in size to the state of New Jersey, yet like “Downton Abbey” British aristocrats, they were rich in acreage but hard up for cold hard cash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Among them was the academy’s annual summer party, themed after 18th-century Georgian pleasure gardens — Britain’s oil-lamp-lit outdoor venues where aristocrats, the newly rich and everyday revelers gathered to see, be seen and behave badly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Meghan Kobza’s “The Masquerade” unmasks the festivities of 18th-century London, where the commercial “middling sort” acquired the numbers and money to emulate the private entertainments of kings and aristocrats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The book is about colonisation and devastation, set against a backdrop of families left to die of starvation on estates owned by British aristocrats and landowners.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Two aristocrats are out horseback riding and one challenges the other to see which can come up with the larger number.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
