aristocrat
Collocations
4ADJ.
ancient, english, genuine, old-fashioned, proper, rich, so-called, true
VERB + ARISTOCRAT
distinguished, like
ARISTOCRAT + NOUN
birth, lineage, member, something
ADV.
actually
Definitions
noun
One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).
The remains of a Roman aristocrat have been unearthed by archaeologists in northern England.
Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique.
A proponent of aristocracy; an advocate of aristocratic government.
Professor Fite, in The Platonic Legend, deprecates earlier idealization, and finds Plato to be an aristocrat, something of a snob, and the advocate of a restrictively organized society. […] Plato was, as has so often been observed, temperamentally an aristocrat. And he believed that the qualities needed in his rulers were, in general, hereditary, and that given knowledge and opportunity you could deliberately breed for them.
A cipher in which the original punctuation and spacing are retained.
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Synonyms
noun — a member of the aristocracy
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The remains of a Roman aristocrat have been unearthed by archaeologists in northern England.
WiktionaryMagazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique.
WiktionaryProfessor Fite, in The Platonic Legend, deprecates earlier idealization, and finds Plato to be an aristocrat, something of a snob, and the advocate of a restrictively organized society. […] Plato was,
WiktionaryThe aristocrat clings to the glory of his past.
Tatoeba · #48764He's a genuine aristocrat.
Tatoeba · #299414He was a so-called aristocrat by birth.
Tatoeba · #300462