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• aristo
  aristo

  noun

  aristocrat.
• aristo-
  aristo-

  a learned borrowing from Greek meaning “best,” occurring either in direct loans (aristocratic ), or in the formation of compound words.

aristo

¹ American  

[uh-ris-toh] / əˈrɪs toʊ /

noun

Chiefly British Informal.

• aristos
  plural

1. aristocrat.

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aristo- ² American  

1. a learned borrowing from Greek meaning “best,” occurring either in direct loans (aristocratic ), or in the formation of compound words.

   aristotype.

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aristo British  

/ əˈrɪstəʊ, ˈærɪstəʊ /

noun

1. informal short for aristocrat

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• aristos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of aristo¹

1860–65; by shortening; cf. -o

Origin of aristo-²

< Greek, combining form of áristos best, superlative of ari- probably a term specifying at first the upper class of society, the warrior caste; cf. Ares, perhaps Aryan

Example Sentences

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aristo aristos

Raised in a San Francisco orphanage, educated at Princeton, he has fathered two sets of twins with his Scottish aristo wife, who is herself “eighteenth cousin to the Queen twice removed or something.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2020

They train her in aristo ways in a wan “My Fair Lady”-style tutoring session.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2017

Peter Sandys-Clarke also does his bit as the self-regarding aristo.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2013

Instead of trying to look merely healthy—just naturally lustrous—women now strive to look as much as possible like a bewigged aristo of yore.

From Slate ● May 14, 2012

Spy or aristo we don't want her here!" whilst some of the men added significantly: "I am sure that she is one of Carrier's spies and in league with his Marats!

From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

Both ponder the consequences of the emotional inhibitions of English aristos, and mine them for humor.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2015

Private doctors kept their clinics on Harley Street, young aristos still ruggered their way across the playing fields of Eton, the private shop windows of Harrods still blazed forth at Christmas time.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2014

Other options include St. Andrews, the alma mater of both William and Kate, where the royal offspring could follow in the footsteps of many other English aristos by studying the History of Art.

From Time ● Dec. 5, 2012

Velvet sleeves concealing jewel-encrusted daggers, scheming eunuchs with networks of spies, parvenue commoners outwitting the supercilious aristos and totally, utterly ruthless power plays — what’s not to love?

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2012

“Did you know, citizeness, that this street had been specially made for aristos to pass along?”

From I Will Repay by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy