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Definition of aristocrat in English: aristocratnoun əˈrɪstəkratˈarɪstəkratəˈrɪstəˌkræt A member of the aristocracy. a decadent old blue-blooded aristocrat figurative the trout is the aristocrat of freshwater fish Example sentencesExamples - He dressed in rags and rarely took a bath, which fascinated the carefully washed and perfumed aristocrats round the tsar and his family.
- Gradually, in the way that wealthy whites discovered the jazz clubs of Harlem in the 1920s, the aristocrats started hanging around the fado clubs.
- The industrialists are dressed as bewigged aristocrats of pre-revolutionary France, with Hearst as Cardinal Richelieu.
- It swept away the old feudal order of aristocrats and kings.
- An aristocrat by birth, his education was in botany and his first appointment was as ‘Botanist to the King’.
- To be born an aristocrat does not in itself prevent me from taking on the project of liberty for the commoner or the day laborer.
- These are the new collectors, as opposed to aristocrats or members of other wealthy families who have inherited art.
- Even Doug Anderton - star journalist and married to a wealthy aristocrat - sees his job as literary editor on a national newspaper as a demotion from politics.
- Greek and Roman aristocrats studied law, philosophy, and the art of public speaking in order to fulfil the political vocation indicated by their birth.
- We were all seated in the council, all the noblemen and all the aristocrats and councilors.
- In 1591 Bruno returned to Italy after being invited by the Venetian nobleman Zuane Mocenigo to educate the aristocrat in mnemonics.
- Up until the Radical Covenanters confronted the government forces at Bothwell Brig they still had the support of some minor aristocrats.
- The law stood above kings and aristocrats with a constitution that had to maintain a balance of power between the rival institutions.
- So the aristocrats who sought elections as tribunes had to be able to play the demagogue.
- In 1792 the September terror took place in France, in which thousands of aristocrats were executed, including the King.
- For centuries the House of Lords was made up of old aristocrats, those who were born lords or ladies.
- But much of the inner unrest of the fifth century was also due to the attempts by senatorial aristocrats to expand their power.
- She told him that she was the former wife of a Russian aristocrat, and she wrote on her marriage certificate that her father was dead.
- Luchino Visconti was an aristocrat who became a Communist.
- Although an Italian aristocrat by birth, Piccolomini served the imperial cause faithfully throughout his military career.
Synonyms nobleman, noblewoman, lord, lady, peer, peeress, peer of the realm, patrician, grandee, titled man/woman/person informal aristo, top person, member of the upper crust British informal toff, nob, rah, chinless wonder rare optimate
Origin Late 18th century: from French aristocrate (a word of the French Revolution), from aristocratie (see aristocracy). Definition of aristocrat in US English: aristocratnounəˈristəˌkratəˈrɪstəˌkræt A member of the aristocracy. a decadent old blue-blooded aristocrat figurative the trout is the aristocrat of freshwater fish Example sentencesExamples - In 1792 the September terror took place in France, in which thousands of aristocrats were executed, including the King.
- The law stood above kings and aristocrats with a constitution that had to maintain a balance of power between the rival institutions.
- These are the new collectors, as opposed to aristocrats or members of other wealthy families who have inherited art.
- To be born an aristocrat does not in itself prevent me from taking on the project of liberty for the commoner or the day laborer.
- Greek and Roman aristocrats studied law, philosophy, and the art of public speaking in order to fulfil the political vocation indicated by their birth.
- The industrialists are dressed as bewigged aristocrats of pre-revolutionary France, with Hearst as Cardinal Richelieu.
- He dressed in rags and rarely took a bath, which fascinated the carefully washed and perfumed aristocrats round the tsar and his family.
- For centuries the House of Lords was made up of old aristocrats, those who were born lords or ladies.
- It swept away the old feudal order of aristocrats and kings.
- An aristocrat by birth, his education was in botany and his first appointment was as ‘Botanist to the King’.
- Up until the Radical Covenanters confronted the government forces at Bothwell Brig they still had the support of some minor aristocrats.
- In 1591 Bruno returned to Italy after being invited by the Venetian nobleman Zuane Mocenigo to educate the aristocrat in mnemonics.
- Although an Italian aristocrat by birth, Piccolomini served the imperial cause faithfully throughout his military career.
- She told him that she was the former wife of a Russian aristocrat, and she wrote on her marriage certificate that her father was dead.
- So the aristocrats who sought elections as tribunes had to be able to play the demagogue.
- Luchino Visconti was an aristocrat who became a Communist.
- But much of the inner unrest of the fifth century was also due to the attempts by senatorial aristocrats to expand their power.
- Gradually, in the way that wealthy whites discovered the jazz clubs of Harlem in the 1920s, the aristocrats started hanging around the fado clubs.
- Even Doug Anderton - star journalist and married to a wealthy aristocrat - sees his job as literary editor on a national newspaper as a demotion from politics.
- We were all seated in the council, all the noblemen and all the aristocrats and councilors.
Synonyms nobleman, noblewoman, lord, lady, peer, peeress, peer of the realm, patrician, grandee, titled man, titled person, titled woman
Origin Late 18th century: from French aristocrate (a word of the French Revolution), from aristocratie (see aristocracy). |