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aristocrat
[uh-ris-tuh-krat, ar-uh-stuh-] 
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aristocrat
[uh-ris-tuh-krat, ar-uh-stuh-]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | privileged person |
| Synonyms: | blueblood, gentleperson, lace curtain, noble, patrician, peer, silk stocking, swell*, upper cruster |
| Antonyms: | commoner, plebian, proletariat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gentleperson |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | polite, well-mannered person |
| Synonyms: | aristocrat, brick, good egg, good person, nice person, noble, scholar |
| Main Entry: | magnate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | important person, usually in business |
| Synonyms: | VIP, aristocrat, bigwig, businessperson, capitalist, captain of industry, chief, figure, financier, industrialist, leader, lion*, merchant, mogul, name, noble, notable, peer, personage, plutocrat, tycoon |
| Notes: | a magnate is a very wealthy, influential, or powerful person or businessperson, while a magnet is a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field |
| Antonyms: | lowly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | noble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | member of royal or important family |
| Synonyms: | archduchess, archduke, aristocrat, blue blood, count, countess, duchess, duke, emperor, empress, gentleman, gentlewoman, lady, lord, patrician, peer, prince, princess, royalty, silk stocking |
| Main Entry: | patrician |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person born to upper class |
| Synonyms: | aristocrat, blue blood, gentleperson, noble, nobleperson, peer, silk stocking, upper cruster |
| Antonyms: | commoner |
| Main Entry: | baron |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nobleman |
| Synonyms: | aristocrat, lord, peer |
| Main Entry: | baroness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | noblewoman |
| Synonyms: | aristocrat, gentlewoman, lady, peeress |
| Main Entry: | gentleman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a well-born person |
| Synonyms: | aristocrat, lord, man of breeding, nobleman, patrician |
| Main Entry: | lord |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | master |
| Synonyms: | aristocrat, baron, bishop, captain, commandant, commander, count, dad, don, duke, earl, governor, king, leader, liege, magnate, man upstairs, marquis, monarch, nobility, noble, nobleman, old man, overlord, parliamentarian, patrician, peer, potentate, prince, royalty, ruler, seigneur, sovereign, superior, viscount |
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