aristocratic

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The wider family, whose aristocratic ancestors can be traced to Norman times, had members belonging to various Christian denominations and at least one who was Jewish during Victorian times.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

The exhibition includes examples of his illustrations for the journal Oxford Left, as well as some amusing caricatures of his aristocratic classmates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

"I know it's tradition but it suggests MPs are on some kind of aristocratic level," she says.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

That’s what the fashion historian James Laver named the period during and immediately following the French Revolution, which made wearing aristocratic fripperies both dangerous and passé.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

A neatly trimmed mustache connected to a beard that covered only his chin lent him an elegant, vaguely aristocratic air.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri