aristocracy
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Etymology [edit]
From Old French aristocracie, from Medieval Latin *aristocracia, from Ancient Greek άριστοκρατία (aristokratia, “the rule of the best”), from ἄριστος (áristos, “best, noblest”) + -κρατία (kratia), from κράτος (kratos, “power, rule”)
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Noun [edit]
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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External links [edit]
- aristocracy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- aristocracy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
