aristocrat

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(ə-rĭs'tə-krăt', ăr'ĭs-) pronunciation
n.
  1. A member of a ruling class or of the nobility.
  2. A person having the tastes, manners, or other characteristics of the aristocracy: a natural aristocrat who insists on the best accommodations.
  3. A person who advocates government by an aristocracy.
  4. 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.

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adjective

    Of high birth or social position: blue-blooded, elite, highborn, highbred, noble, patrician, thoroughbred, upper-class, wellborn. Informal upper-crust. See over/under.

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Definition: privileged person
Antonyms: commoner, plebian, proletariat

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A member of the upper class.

pronunciation The lady of the manor was truly an aristocrat.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - aristokrat

Nederlands (Dutch)
aristocraat, beschaafd persoon, voorstander van aristocratisch bewind

Français (French)
n. - aristocrate

Deutsch (German)
n. - Aristokrat

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αριστοκράτης

Italiano (Italian)
aristocratico

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aristocrata (m) (f)

Русский (Russian)
аристократ

Español (Spanish)
n. - aristócrata

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - aristokrat

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
贵族, 持贵族观点的人, 主张贵族统治者, 具贵族气派的人, 佼佼者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 貴族, 持貴族觀點的人, 主張貴族統治者, 具貴族氣派的人, 佼佼者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 귀족, 정치가

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 貴族, 貴族的な人, 貴族政治主義者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أرستقراطي, من طبقه عاليه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אציל, אריסטוקרט‬


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The Lady and the Highwayman (1989 Adventure Film)
Pirate of the Half Moon (1965 Adventure Film)