aristocratic
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As an undergraduate at Cambridge, the young Martin befriended the aristocratic Ben Fitzmaurice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
I didn’t realize it at the time, but there was also insecurity there: An American embarrassed by a rough, unsophisticated America, envious of Europe’s aristocratic polish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
The afterglow of aristocratic grace, the poet noted, was obscured by the “rising tide of democracy, which invades and levels all things.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026
Born in 1942 to an aristocratic British family in Dorset, England, Douglas-Hamilton studied biology and zoology in Scotland and Oxford before moving to Tanzania to research elephant social behaviour.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025
During a break in the morning session I caught sight of Wyman’s bony, aristocratic face in search of Andre Lwoff.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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