aristocrat
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from ἀριστοκρατία
- derived from aristocratia
- borrowed from aristocrate
Definitions
One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community
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.
- Magazines kept aristocrats on the payroll to facilitate access to jet-set playgrounds like Corfu and Mustique.
A proponent of aristocracy
A proponent of aristocracy; an advocate of aristocratic government.
A cipher in which the original punctuation and spacing are retained.
The neighborhood
- antonymcommoner
- antonymplebeian
- neighboraristocracy
- neighboraristocratic
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at aristocrat. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at aristocrat. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at aristocrat
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA