aristocrat

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, and finds Plato to be an aristocrat, something of a snob, and the advocate of a restrictively organized society.

b) A proponent of aristocracy; an advocate of aristocratic government.

⁽²⁾ Plato was, as has so often been observed, temperamentally an aristocrat. And he believed that the qualities needed in his rulers were, in general, hereditary, and that given knowledge and opportunity you could deliberately breed for them.

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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 — 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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