- A member of a ruling class or of the nobility.
- A person having the tastes, manners, or other characteristics of the aristocracy: a natural aristocrat who insists on the best accommodations.
- A person who advocates government by an aristocracy.
- One considered the best of its kind: the aristocrat of cars.
[French aristocrate, from aristocratie, aristocracy, from Old French, from Late Latin aristocratia. See aristocracy.]
aristocratic a·ris'to·crat'ic or a·ris'to·crat'i·cal adj.aristocratically a·ris'to·crat'i·cal·ly adv.





