aristocrat
Meanings
Plural: aristocrats
Noun
- a member of the aristocracy
- One of the aristocracy, nobility, or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble (originally in Revolutionary France).
- A proponent of aristocracy; an advocate of aristocratic government.
- A cipher in which the original punctuation and spacing are retained.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
blue blood, patrician
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 13
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