aristocrat

aristocrat
I
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. nobleman, noble, peer, patrician, lord, duke, baron, baronet, earl, count, viscount, marquess, marquis, prince, noblewoman, lady, peeress, duchess, marchioness, viscountess, countess, baroness, marquise, princess, knight, chevalier, titled person, person of fashion, member of the ruling class, thoroughbred, optimate, grandee, don, hidalgo, hereditary noble, king, duke, viscount, count, emperor, empress, Graf (German), magnifico, blue blood*, silk-stocking*, swell*; see also king 1 , lady 3 , lord 2 , queen , royalty .
Ant. citizen*, commoner, proletarian.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
nobleman, high-born, noblewoman, peer, patrician, blue blood, lord, duke, snob. ''Fellows that wear downy hats and clean shirts—guilty of education and suspected of bank accounts.''—Ambrose Bierce.
ANT.: peasant, commoner, bourgeois

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  • aristocrat — ARISTOCRÁT, Ă, aristocraţi, te, s.m. şi f. Persoană care aparţine aristocraţiei; p.ext. nobil. ♦ (Adjectival) Aristocratic. – Din fr. aristocrate. Trimis de ana zecheru, 15.03.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  Aristocrat ≠ plebeu Trimis de siveco, 27.10.2008 …   Dicționar Român

  • Aristocrat — A*ris to*crat (?; 277), n. [F. aristocrate. See {Aristocracy}.] 1. One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble. [1913 Webster] 2. One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • aristocrat — (n.) 1789, from Fr. aristocrate, a word of the Revolution, a back formation from aristocratie (see ARISTOCRACY (Cf. aristocracy)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • aristocrat — patrician, *gentleman Antonyms: commoner …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • aristocrat — [n] privileged person blueblood, gentleperson, lace curtain*, noble, patrician, peer, silk stocking, swell*, upper cruster*; concept 423 Ant. commoner, plebian, proletariat …   New thesaurus

  • aristocrat — ► NOUN ▪ a member of the aristocracy …   English terms dictionary

  • aristocrat — [ə ris′tə krat΄; ] chiefly Brit [ar′is təkrat΄] n. [Fr aristocrate: term popularized during Fr Revolution] 1. a member of the aristocracy; nobleman 2. a person with the tastes, manners, beliefs, etc. of the upper class 3. a person who believes in …   English World dictionary

  • aristocrat — noun /ˈærɪstəkræt,əˈrɪstəkræt/ a) One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France). ⁽¹⁾ Professor Fite, in The Platonic Legend, deprecates earlier idealization …   Wiktionary

  • aristocrat — n. a born aristocrat * * * [ ærɪstəkræt] a born aristocrat …   Combinatory dictionary

  • aristocrat — UK [ˈærɪstəˌkræt] / US [əˈrɪstəˌkræt] noun [countable] Word forms aristocrat : singular aristocrat plural aristocrats a member of the aristocracy …   English dictionary

  • aristocrat — noun Date: 1789 1. a member of an aristocracy; especially noble 2. a. one who has the bearing and viewpoint typical of the aristocracy b. one who favors aristocracy 3. one believed to be superior of its kind …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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