aristocracy
Meaning of aristocracy
- the highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth holding hereditary titles and offices.
members of the aristocracy
late 15th century: from Old French aristocratie, from Greek aristokratia, from aristos ‘best’ + -kratia ‘power’. The term originally denoted the government of a state by its best citizens, later by the rich and well born, hence the sense ‘nobility’, regardless of the form of government (mid 17th century).
Information about aristocracy
- It is a name.
- The plural form of aristocracy is: aristocracies.
- Languages in which aristocracy is used:
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Hyphenation of aristocracy
aris-toc-racy
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- aristocracy is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
aristocracy synonyms
Meaning nobility:
Meaning gentry:
Meaning a member of the aristocracy:
Meaning a man of noble rank or high office; a nobleman:
Meaning a polite or formal way of referring to a woman:
Meaning look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something:
Meaning (especially in former times) a person of noble rank or birth:
Meaning a man who belongs by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy; a peer:
Meaning a woman who belongs by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy; a peeress:
Meaning an aristocrat or nobleman:
Meaning another term for aristocrat:
Meaning a person of wealth or high social position:
Meaning a rich or upper-class person:
Translation of aristocracy
- French: aristocratie
- German: Aristokratie
- Italian: aristocrazia
- Spanish: aristocracia
- Portuguese: aristocracia
Words that rhyme with aristocracy
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