aristocracy
ar‧is‧toc‧ra‧cy /ˌærəˈstɒkrəsi, ˌærɪˈstɒkrəsi $ -ˈstɑː-/ noun (plural aristocracies)
اریستو کراسی، اشراف سالاری، حکومت اشرافی، طبقه ء اشراف، قانون فقه: حکومت اشراف که اشرافیت ایشان ممکن است از امتیازات مالی یا نظامی یا اجتماعی و تربیتی خاص باشد، روانشناسی: اشرافیت، بازرگانی: اشرافیت
aristocracy(Old-fashioned)[noun]Synonyms: upper class, elite, gentry, nobility, patricians, peerage, ruling class
Contrasted words: canaille, mob, rabble, riffraff, commoners, commons, masses, people, plebeians
Related Words: nobility,
noblesse,
patricians,
county,
beau monde,
bon ton,
jet set,
smart set [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ar‧is‧toc‧ra‧cy /ˌærəˈstɒkrəsi, ˌærɪˈstɒkrəsi $ -ˈstɑː-/
noun (
plural aristocracies)
[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: French;
Origin: aristocratie, from Late Latin, from Greek aristokratia, from aristos 'best' + -kratia '-cracy']
[countable usually singular] the people in the highest social class, who traditionally have a lot of land, money, and power:
dukes, earls, and other members of the aristocracy the landed aristocracy (=who own a lot of land) ⇒
upper class [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲