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a·ris·to·crat

(ə-rĭs′tə-krăt′, ăr′ĭs-)

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.]

a·ris′to·crat′ic, a·ris′to·crat′i·cal adj.

a·ris′to·crat′i·cal·ly adv.

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aristocrat

(ˈærɪstəˌkræt)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member of the aristocracy; a noble

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

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who advocates aristocracy as a form of government

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a•ris•to•crat

(əˈrɪs təˌkræt, ˈær ə stə-)

n.

1. a member of a governing aristocracy.

2. a hereditary noble.

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

4. an advocate of an aristocratic form of government.

5. regarded as the best of its kind: the aristocrat of wines.

[1770–80; < French aristocrate]

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Noun

aristocrat - a member of the aristocracy

blue blood, patrician

aristocracy, nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles

leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others

baronet, Bart - a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart."

brahman, brahmin - a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston brahman"

female aristocrat - a woman who is an aristocrat

Highness - (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person

male aristocrat - a man who is an aristocrat

prince - a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

princess - a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)

raja, rajah - a prince or king in India

ranee, rani - (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja

aristocrat

noun noble, lord, lady, peer, patrician, grandee, nobleman, aristo (informal), childe (archaic), noblewoman, peeress He is the archetypal English aristocrat

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Translations

أرِسْتوقْراطي،مِن طَبَقَة ألأشْراف

šlechticaristokrat

aristokrat

Aristokrat Aristokratin Adelige

αριστοκράτης

aristócrata

aristokraattiylimys

aristocrate

aristokrataristokratkinja

arisztokrata

aîalsmaîur

aristocratico aristocrazia

貴族

аристократ аристократка

aristokrat

aristokratsoylu

贵族中的一员

aristocrat

[ˈærɪstəkræt] N → aristócrata mf

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aristocrat

[əˈrɪstəkræt] n → aristocrate mf

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

aristocrat

n → Aristokrat(in) m(f), → Adlige(r) mf; he is too much of an aristocrat to … (fig) → er ist sich (dat) → zu fein, um … zu …; the aristocrat of the dog/cat family → der edelste Vertreter der Hunde-/Katzenfamilie

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

aristocrat

[ˈærɪstəˌkræt] n → nobile m/f, aristocratico/a

aristocracy

(ӕrəˈstokrəsi) noun

in some countries, the nobility and others of the highest social class, who usually own land.

ˈaristocrat (-krӕt) , ((American) əˈristəkrӕt) noun

a member of the aristocracy.

ˌaristoˈcratic (-ˈkrӕ-) , ((American) əˌristəˈkrӕtik) adjective

(of people, behaviour etc) proud and noble-looking. an aristocratic manner.

ˌaristoˈcratically adverb

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