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/ərˈɪstəkrˌæt/ Listen

noun

Aristocrat n.

One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.

One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person. "A born aristocrat, bred radical."

One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern. "His whole family are accused of being aristocrats."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Aristocrat" Quotes from Famous Books

... love some flowers and other flower-lovers who love all flowers. Aunt Jane was of the latter class. The commonest plant, striving in its own humble way to be sweet and beautiful, was sure of a place here, and the haughtiest aristocrat who sought admission had to lay aside all pride of place or birth and acknowledge her kinship with common humanity. The Bourbon rose could not hold aside her skirts from contact with the cabbage-rose; the lavender could not disdain the companionship ...

— Aunt Jane of Kentucky • Eliza Calvert Hall

... rank, wealth, beauty, or talent, is but an accident of birth. As you would not educate a soul to be an aristocrat, so do not to be a woman. A general regard to her usual sphere is dictated in the economy of nature. You need never enforce these provisions rigorously. Achilles had long plied the distaff as a princess, yet, at first sight of a sword, he seized it. So with woman, one hour ...

— Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Vol. II • Margaret Fuller Ossoli

... which had been increasing, as crowds do, began to jeer at the words, for, like most crowds, it was of a nether sort, and enjoyed the unusual sight of the gentleman and the aristocrat abasing and humiliating himself ...

— Shapes that Haunt the Dusk • Various

... astonishingly right about Eugene Wrayburne. So far from reproaching him with not understanding a gentleman, the critic will be astonished at the accuracy with which he has really observed the worth and the weakness of the aristocrat. He is quite right when he suggests that such a man has intelligence enough to despise the invitations which he has not the energy to refuse. He is quite right when he makes Eugene (like Mr. Balfour) constantly right in argument even when he is obviously ...

— Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens • G. K. Chesterton

... years after the death of Ausonius, in the midst of the disastrous sixth century, was born Sidonius Apollinaris, Gallo-Roman aristocrat, father-in-law of an emperor, sometime prefect of Rome and in the end Bishop of Clermont. Sidonius Apollinaris, 431 (or thereabouts) to 479 or perhaps a few years later. Much had happened between the death of Ausonius and his birth. The lights ...

— Medieval People • Eileen Edna Power

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