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aristocracy

[ar-uh-stok-ruh-see] / ˌær əˈstɒk rə si /


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Her mother, the Dutch baroness Ella Van Heemstra, had authentic aristocracy, but was also “a one-woman panzer division.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Dior designer Jonathan Anderson delivered his vision Wednesday of "today's aristocracy" in his second menswear show for the brand in Paris, mixing new gender-mixed creations with house symbols.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Marie Antoinette would be executed in October of the same year; French fashion influence was a sign of an effete aristocracy that was potentially losing its grip.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

It came in as a refreshingly new concept: a more relaxed club for creators, thinkers and creative entrepreneurs, who might have felt like they didn't belong in the enclaves of the old aristocracy.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

The North has those huge bloody cities and a thousand religions, and the only aristocracy is the aristocracy of wealth.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara




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