Aristocrat
['ærɪstəkræt;ə'rɪst-] or [ə'rɪstəkræt]
Definition
(n.) One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.
(n.) One who is overbearing in his temper or habits; a proud or haughty person.
(n.) One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern.
Editor: Myra
Examples
- A good patriot, said the other, could hardly have been more afflicted if the Aristocrat had drawn a blank. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- You are a cursed emigrant, cried a farrier, making at him in a furious manner through the press, hammer in hand; and you are a cursed aristocrat! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In England the line is in one place, in Burmah in another, and in America in another; but the aristocrat of all these countries never goes over it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She had an amazing instinctive critical faculty, and was a pure anarchist, a pure aristocrat at once. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Now, an aristocrat, you know, the world over, has no human sympathies, beyond a certain line in society. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It is only against the weak affectation and futile pomposity of a would-be aristocrat they turn mutinous. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My father was a born aristocrat. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Billiards was the game of the aristocracy and the Puritan hated not only the aristocrat, but the style and color of his clothes, the cut of his hair, as well as the games he played. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The capitalist and aristocrat of England cannot feel that as we do, because they do not mingle with the class they degrade as we do. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- So he reasons, because, as I said, he is born an aristocrat;--so I don't believe, because I was born a democrat. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You are an aristocrat, and must have an escort--and must pay for it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- To be growing suddenly and violently rich, as this man is, naturally makes him a bloated aristocrat. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At heart and by descent an Aristocrat, an enemy of the Republic, a notorious oppressor of the People. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The only nobleman today, king and only aristocrat, is the public, the public. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Whatever she had on, so long as she was barely tidy, she was right, beyond remark; such an aristocrat she was by instinct. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- To the Guillotine all aristocrats! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Poor aristocrats would marry rich members of the mercantile class; ambitious herdsmen, artisans, or sailors would become rich merchants. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We chose to have three bathtubs, and large ones--tubs suited to the dignity of aristocrats who had real estate, and brought it with them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This roused the aristocrats to a pitch of great indignation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But, instead of bakers'-queues, why not to Aristocrats' palaces, the root of the matter? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I suppose I hardly expect at the outset to number aristocrats in my little day-school; I care not if they never come. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The Duke was supported by all the aristocrats of the republic, who considered him their proper representative. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Parliament was divided by three factions, aristocrats, democrats, and royalists. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- From the outset the Bedouin aristocrats of Mecca dominated the new empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is so easy to be bloated aristocrats where it costs nothing of consequence! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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