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Definition of Aristocratic
1. Adjective. Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. "Patrician tastes"
Similar to: Noble
Derivative terms: Aristocracy, Aristocracy, Aristocrat, Gentility, Patrician, Patrician
Definition of Aristocratic
1. a. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.
Definition of Aristocratic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men. ¹
2. Adjective. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aristocratic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aristocratic
Literary usage of Aristocratic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law by John William Burgess (1891)
"Naturally, a monarchic state will have a monarchic government, an aristocratic
state an aristocratic government, and a democratic state a democratic ..."
2. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"This long dictatorship, royal or aristocratic, was at once the consequence and
the corrective of the spiritual disorganization, which would otherwise have ..."
3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"end, or even that the secret aim, of American parties is to promote the rule of
aristocracy or democracy in the country ; but I affirm that aristocratic or ..."
4. A Student's History of Education by Frank Pierrepont Graves (1915)
"Colonial School Organization: The aristocratic Type in Virginia.—As a result of
these general ... Turning first to the aristocratic colonies of the South, ..."
5. Russia by Alfred Rambaud, Edgar Saltus (1902)
"Attempt at an aristocratic constitution (1730) : the ... aristocratic
CONSTITUTION (1730) : THE ..."
6. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"... Counterpoised by aristocratic Associations.—aristocratic Party eager for War
with France.—The French proclaim the Navigation of the ..."
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