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aristocracy

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


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Whatever approach Xi takes, he wouldn’t be able to call upon officers with Zhang’s unique stature as a combat veteran and member of China’s red aristocracy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

However, Huppert emphasised the social symbolism of a vampire aristocracy that draws its power by feeding on ordinary mortals.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 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

We had, after all, explicitly rejected the idea of an aristocracy and built our entire national mythology around the idea that you could make something of yourself no matter what the circumstances of your birth.

From Salon • May 16, 2025

Peasants were people who were forced into poverty when the aristocracy took over all the land they had once used.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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