aristocrat

[ uh-ris-tuh-krat, ar-uh-stuh- ]

/ əˈrɪs təˌkræt, ˈær ə stə- /

a member of an aristocracy, especially a noble.

a person who has the tastes, manners, etc., characteristic of members of an aristocracy.

an advocate of an aristocratic form of government.

anything regarded as the best, most elegant, or most stylish of its kind: the aristocrat of California wines.

Origin of aristocrat

1770–80; < French aristocrate, back formation from aristocratie aristocracy

1 patrician, peer, lord.

In 1948, Charles Aron, co-owner of Aristocrat, divorced his wife, Evelyn.

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The French aristocrat Marquis de Sade once said that “It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.”

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He was a lowly country lawyer and she a Kentucky aristocrat who had come to visit her older sister in Illinois.

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Will she settle down to a life of quiet obscurity and shooting parties and marry an aristocrat like the establishment hopes?

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In previous centuries, a Roman aristocrat who made a political misstep ended in obscurity or exile.

Why the Roman Republic Died |David Frum |September 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
No man can buy brains, and truly he is an aristocrat of the highest order who is blessed with a good brain.

Dollars and Sense |Col. Wm. C. Hunter
Down in those lonely valleys, almost hidden in their leafy groves, was the home of many an old Virginia aristocrat.

Brother Against Brother |John Roy Musick
Parvenus keep their hats on always, unless before some aristocrat, to whom they cringe.

Rambles in Womanland |Max O'Rell
It is alike the passion of the parvenu and the pride of the aristocrat.

Summer in a Garden, and Calvin, A Study Of Character |Charles Dudley Warner
To pretend that the aristocrat meets all classes at Oxford is too ludicrous to be worth discussion.

All Things Considered |G. K. Chesterton

aristocrat

/ (ˈærɪstəˌkræt) /

a member of the aristocracy; a noble

a person who has the manners or qualities of a member of a privileged or superior class

a person who advocates aristocracy as a form of government