aristocrat
/ˈæɹɪstəˌkɹæt/US/əˈɹɪstəˌkɹæt/
aristocrat noun: one of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).
Noun
aristocrat (plural aristocrats)
- One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).
- The remains of a Roman aristocrat have been unearthed by archaeologists in northern England.2023 March 13, Lianne Kolirin, “Skeletal remains of Roman aristocrat discovered in hidden lead coffin”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2024
- Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique.2025 June 27, Michael M. Grynbaum, “The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2025
- A proponent of aristocracy; an advocate of aristocratic government.
- Professor Fite, in The Platonic Legend, deprecates earlier idealization, and finds Plato to be an aristocrat, something of a snob, and the advocate of a restrictively organized society.
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Plato was, as has so often been observed, temperamentally an aristocrat. And he believed that the qualities...1974: Plato (author) and Desmond Lee (translator), The Republic (2nd edition, revised; Penguin Classics; →ISBN), Translator’s Introduction, pages 51 and 53
- Professor Fite, in The Platonic Legend, deprecates earlier idealization, and finds Plato to be an aristocrat, something of a snob, and the advocate of a restrictively organized society.
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aristocrat meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
aristocrat in Hindi
- one of the aristocracy
- कुलीनतंत्र kulīntantra, कुलीन kulīn
aristocrat in Tamil
- மேற்குடியாளர், பிரபு, ஆட்சி வகுப்பினர், இறுமாப்புடையவர், சிறந்தோர், மேம்பட்ட ஒன்று
aristocrat in Urdu
- one of the aristocracy
- اشراف ashraf
aristocrat in Bengali
- aristocrat
- নবাবজাদা nobabjada
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- aristocrat in Malayalam
- കുലീനൻ, കുല്യൻ, പ്രഭുകുലജാതൻ, അര്യൻ
- aristocrat in Kannada
- ಶ್ರೀಮಂತ, ಸಂಪನ್ನ, ಸಿರಿವಂತ, ಧನಿಕ
- aristocrat in Arabic
- أَرِسْتُقْرَاطِيّ ʔaristuqrāṭiyy, أَرِسْتُقْرَاطِيَّة ʔaristuqrāṭiyya
- aristocrat in Malay
- bangsawan, aristokrat
Examples of aristocrat in a sentence
- Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique.
- His macho soap opera name had put me in mind of aristocrats or oversexed mallards.
- Ellie Anne's Aphrodite among aristocrats, a glambassador!
Antonyms of aristocrat
Forms of aristocrat
| plural | aristocrats |
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Origin of aristocrat
From French aristocrate (“aristocrat”), attested once in the 16th century but recoined in the Revolutionary era, from aristocratie (“aristocracy”), from Medieval Latin aristocratia, from Ancient Greek ἀριστοκρατία (aristokratía), from ἄριστος (áristos, “best”) (compare Old English ar) + κράτος (krátos, “rule”). By surface analysis, aristo- + -crat.
Words formed from aristocrat
Questions about aristocrat
- What does aristocrat mean?
- Aristocrat means one of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).
- What is aristocrat in Hindi?
- Aristocrat in Hindi is कुलीनतंत्र (kulīntantra), कुलीन (kulīn). See Aristocrat meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aristocrat?
- Aristocrat is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aristocrat?
- Aristocrat is pronounced /ˈæɹɪstəˌkɹæt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of aristocrat?
- The plural of aristocrat is aristocrats.
Words near aristocrat in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aristocrat (page history and authors); aristocrat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); নবাবজাদা (Bengali) (page history and authors); aristocrat (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); aristocrat (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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