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aristocrat

  • noun
  • /ˈæɹɪstəˌkɹæt/

One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).

Other meanings

  1. A proponent of aristocracy; an advocate of aristocratic government.

  2. A cipher in which the original punctuation and spacing are retained.

Related words

  • antiaristocrat
  • aristocratess
  • aristocratical
  • aristocratisation
  • aristocratism
  • nonaristocrat

Word history

From Ancient Greek "ἀριστοκρατία".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “aristocrat” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.