Aristocrat
/əˈrɪstəkræt/noun
A person who belongs to a social class that is considered to be above the common people, often because of high birth or special titles.
The wedding was attended by numerous distinguished aristocrats.
Often appears as...
- french aristocrat
- russian aristocrat
noun
A person who has the qualities that aristocrats are thought to have, such as high standards of behavior, good taste, and honor.
Despite his humble background, he behaved like an aristocrat.
Often appears as...
- natural aristocrat
- true aristocrat
noun
A person who belongs to a social class that is considered to be above the common people, often because of high birth or special titles.
The wedding was attended by numerous distinguished aristocrats.
Often appears as...
- french aristocrat
- russian aristocrat
noun
A person who has the qualities that aristocrats are thought to have, such as high standards of behavior, good taste, and honor.
Despite his humble background, he behaved like an aristocrat.
Often appears as...
- natural aristocrat
- true aristocrat
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Social Status
The term is often associated with wealth and power within a hierarchical system.
Aristocrats would typically own vast estates.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
In history, 'aristocrat' indicates a member of the ruling class or nobility, especially in Europe.
The palace was once home to an influential aristocrat.
Pro Tip 3/3Hereditary Title
'Aristocrat' may imply inheritance of position and privilege by birth, not personal achievement.
As an aristocrat, she inherited the duchy from her father.
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elitenoblepatricianpeerroyaltyupper class
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Why should you read...
Aristocrats at a cocktail party fret about the looming violence, but then change the topic to those things aristocrats always seem to care money, sex, and death. This first scene is indicative of the way the book bounces between the political and personal
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Ancient Human Sacrifice...
special victim a young Celtic aristocrat we know from the forensic evidence studying the body of lindo man that he was of high status his fingernails were manicured he was neatly shaved he was in the prime of life he'd been groomed for this
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The impact of Simón...
he was fatherless by eight he was an orphan having lost his mother to tuberculosis by nineteen he was a widower having lost his young wife to yellow fever soon after he and his brother joined a band of aristocrats
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The world's largest...
but I'm your 12th cousin." And it said, "I have a family tree with 80,000 people on it, including you, Karl Marx, and several European aristocrats." Now I did not know what to make of this.
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Why should you read...
Aristocrats at a cocktail party fret about the looming violence, but then change the topic to those things aristocrats always seem to care money, sex, and death. This first scene is indicative of the way the book bounces between the political and personal
Video examples
Ancient Human Sacrifice...
special victim a young Celtic aristocrat we know from the forensic evidence studying the body of lindo man that he was of high status his fingernails were manicured he was neatly shaved he was in the prime of life he'd been groomed for this
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
he was fatherless by eight he was an orphan having lost his mother to tuberculosis by nineteen he was a widower having lost his young wife to yellow fever soon after he and his brother joined a band of aristocrats
Video examples
The world's largest...
but I'm your 12th cousin." And it said, "I have a family tree with 80,000 people on it, including you, Karl Marx, and several European aristocrats." Now I did not know what to make of this.
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Linda Colley
British Historian
Monarchs, aristocrats, and other powerful and wealthy individuals have usually been happy to have themselves and their possessions and families immortalised in oil paintings and sculpture. But before the 20th century, such dynasts rarely commissioned artworks that set out to represent society as a whole.
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Michael York
British Actor
I had been in a film, playing a young British aristocrat. My wife told me that she was invited to a dinner and she invited me to dinner and the hostess had seen me and said, 'You cannot bring him.' but I think that I've done enough to shatter the image.
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Sade Adu
Nigerian Musician
I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.
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Diane Arbus
American Photographer
Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.
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John Updike
American Novelist
Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.
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James Weldon Johnson
American Poet
As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat.
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F. Sionil Jose
Filipino Writer
I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.
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Georg Buchner
German Dramatist
The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.
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John Randolph
American Leader
I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.
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Benjamin Bratt
American Actor
I'm not an aristocrat. I have no idea what that is.
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Linda Colley
British Historian
Monarchs, aristocrats, and other powerful and wealthy individuals have usually been happy to have themselves and their possessions and families immortalised in oil paintings and sculpture. But before the 20th century, such dynasts rarely commissioned artworks that set out to represent society as a whole.
Quote examples
Michael York
British Actor
I had been in a film, playing a young British aristocrat. My wife told me that she was invited to a dinner and she invited me to dinner and the hostess had seen me and said, 'You cannot bring him.' but I think that I've done enough to shatter the image.
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Sade Adu
Nigerian Musician
I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug.
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Diane Arbus
American Photographer
Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.
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John Updike
American Novelist
Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.
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James Weldon Johnson
American Poet
As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat.
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F. Sionil Jose
Filipino Writer
I am for poetry that is admired by peasant and aristocrat alike.
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Georg Buchner
German Dramatist
The breath of an aristocrat is the death rattle of freedom.
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John Randolph
American Leader
I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.
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Benjamin Bratt
American Actor
I'm not an aristocrat. I have no idea what that is.
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