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aristocracy

noun as in privileged class, government

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The autoworkers at Tesla, far from representing a labor aristocracy among autoworkers, say they make less than unionized workers at GM and Ford.

However, the rapid political and social changes threatened powerful individuals and institutions, especially the monarchy, the aristocracy and the church.

Perhaps the biggest giveaway that Penelope is Lady Whistledown arrives in the sixth episode, when Marina’s scandalous pregnancy — which predates her arrival in Grosvenor Square — is revealed to the aristocracy.

Undoubtedly, the enormous inherited fortunes of the aristocracy facilitated a certain eccentricity.

The British aristocracy is littered with stories of unmitigated spendthrifts who seem bent on self-destruction.

Kennedy mixed socially with leading British figures, particularly among the aristocracy, who agreed with him.

Why, I wonder, is Davenport so obsessed with defining himself as part of the British aristocracy?

Her father was a Viscount, so Taylor married into the Catalan aristocracy.

Perhaps, like father, I am a snob at heart and liked the sensation of a sort of artistic alliance with the British aristocracy.

I should judge from the streets that not more than one-fourth of the females of Galway belong to the shoe-wearing aristocracy.

I did not find the Aristocracy so remarkable for physical perfection and beauty as I had been taught to expect.

That curious, almost ridiculous-looking craft, was among the aristocracy of shipping.

The sale of diplomatic secrets is a brisk one in my own country, or how would so many of our poor aristocracy live?

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On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to aristocracy, such as: elite, gentility, gentry, nobility, upper class, and upper crust.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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