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aristocracy

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


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Her mother, the Dutch baroness Ella Van Heemstra, had authentic aristocracy, but was also “a one-woman panzer division.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

He is cast in the Ancelotti mould - Italian football aristocracy, experienced with star players, not one for pressing theories on football.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 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

But “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is less concerned about the aristocracy than what life is like for smallfolk like Dunk, an orphan who spent his early childhood scraping by in Flea Bottom.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

This time the black workers refused to defer to the black aristocracy.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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