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aristocrat

[uh-ris-tuh-krat, ar-uh-stuh-] / əˈrɪs təˌkræt, ˈær ə stə- /


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The French aristocrat who had joined the American revolutionary cause visited the U.S. in 1824.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Golden retrievers were bred by aristocrat Sir Dudley Marjoribanks, who wanted a gun dog suited to Scottish Highland terrain.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

There were hair-metal bands that only had power ballads — Firehouse or some band with 17th century French aristocrat hair.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

A small part of the problem is that the dividend aristocrat index is equal-weighted, but it has done terribly even compared with the equal-weighted S&P, which is itself lagging behind the normal, market-value-weighted index.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

I curtsy and give him my hand like some pretentious aristocrat, which makes him laugh.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

A medieval rival to Venice and a financial capital of early modern Europe, this northwest Italian harbor city was a must-stop for 18th-century aristocrats on continental Europe’s Grand Tour.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

They and other actors and aristocrats were visitors to the Scarborough Tunny Club, founded in the 1930s and which survives today as a fish and chip restaurant.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Among them was the academy’s annual summer party, themed after 18th-century Georgian pleasure gardens — Britain’s oil-lamp-lit outdoor venues where aristocrats, the newly rich and everyday revelers gathered to see, be seen and behave badly.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

One of the stock market’s most exclusive clubs—the so-called dividend aristocrats —looks poised to get a new member.

From Barron's Apr. 9, 2026

As Chicago moved into the twentieth century, the golden days for Joyce and the other butcher aristocrats were over.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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