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aristocratic

adjective as in privileged, elegant

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In summers, aristocratic courts disbanded, and clans with less formal social ranks fished along the coast.

The finances of the kingdom had never been well-managed, as the wealthiest aristocratic families in France continued to enjoy exemption from most taxes.

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Such newfangled ideas as careers for aristocratic men and formal education for their future wives scandalized the older generations.

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The aristocratic name d’Estaing had been officially added to that of his father, Edmond Giscard, only a few years before Valéry’s birth.

The Giscards had aristocratic connections through the women of the family.

As late as the fifth century, powerful aristocratic women took charge of the commemoration of the dead in Rome.

Love poems between aristocratic women were not uncommon at the time, as long as they stayed safely on the side of friendship.

“They are furious with Pippa,” an aristocratic source told Radar Online at the time.

The Southerners had history, ethnicity, culture, slavery, religion, and a quasi-aristocratic honor society to hold them together.

From an aristocratic British family, she is the founder and owner of luxury site Gift-Library.

Among the ladies of "gentle blood," however, there is more of the asserted aristocratic symmetry and beauty than among the men.

She was either aristocratic, or had something to hide, unless she responded to the confidences natural to people of that class.

The rough guerrilla soldier was not the soldier of the dreams of the proud, aristocratic girl.

No such missive had, to his knowledge, ever before found its way into the aristocratic precincts of Crompton Place.

It was a great event, and Jane was dressed with the utmost care to visit the aristocratic mansion.

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On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to aristocratic, such as: courtly, dignified, elegant, haughty, noble, and patrician.

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

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