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aristocrat

[uh-ris-tuh-krat, ar-uh-stuh-] / əˈrɪs təˌkræt, ˈær ə stə- /


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Born in 1757, the Marquis de La Fayette was a French aristocrat and a democratic revolution’s most unlikely hero.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

She followed that by playing widowed aristocrat Audrey fforbes-Hamilton in To the Manor Born, which first aired in 1979.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Depicting the singer as a Baroque aristocrat clad in contemporary designer fashion, the portrait helped propel González onto an international stage.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

A small part of the problem is that the dividend aristocrat index is equal-weighted, but it has done terribly even compared with the equal-weighted S&P, which is itself lagging behind the normal, market-value-weighted index.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

“The rest of you must help this aristocrat see the error of his ways. We do this because we love him and want to welcome him into the hive.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

Among them was the academy’s annual summer party, themed after 18th-century Georgian pleasure gardens — Britain’s oil-lamp-lit outdoor venues where aristocrats, the newly rich and everyday revelers gathered to see, be seen and behave badly.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

One of the stock market’s most exclusive clubs—the so-called dividend aristocrats —looks poised to get a new member.

From Barron's Apr. 9, 2026

If these aristocrats fall out of favor, look past accounting measures and consider paying what still looks like a high sticker price for that pedigree.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

There were too many well-born women in Ebel’s flock, the unhappy wives of landowners and aristocrats.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

It was all about aristocrats and how attractive they .might seem on the surface but how vile they really were inside.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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