aristo


aristo

(ˈærɪstəʊ; əˈrɪstəʊ) n, pl -tos (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) informal short for aristocrat

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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