aristocracy
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< Old French aristocracie < Mediaeval Latin *aristocracia < Ancient Greek άριστοκρατία (aristokratia), “‘the rule of the best’”) < aristos (“‘best’”) + -kratia (“‘rule’”) < kratein (“‘to be strong, rule’”)
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aristocracy (plural aristocracies)
- The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class
- Government by such a class, or a state with such a government
- A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others
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the nobility or the hereditary ruling class
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government by such a class
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class of people considered superior to others
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- aristocracy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- aristocracy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
