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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They and other actors and aristocrats were visitors to the Scarborough Tunny Club, founded in the 1930s and which survives today as a fish and chip restaurant.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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
But the dividend aristocrats managed to beat the wider index, as long as those steady divis were reinvested—something an ordinary investor can do automatically by updating the settings in their brokerage account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
One of the stock market’s most exclusive clubs—the so-called dividend aristocrats —looks poised to get a new member.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
The sophists—of whom Gorgias was one of the first examples—were essentially just private tutors who trained Athenian aristocrats in philosophy and rhetoric.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
