aristocratic

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It's believed that he was not only aristocratic but that he had royal lineage.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

I didn’t realize it at the time, but there was also insecurity there: An American embarrassed by a rough, unsophisticated America, envious of Europe’s aristocratic polish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

The exhibition includes examples of his illustrations for the journal Oxford Left, as well as some amusing caricatures of his aristocratic classmates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Mr. Schlossberg’s campaign displays aristocratic pretensions that fit uneasily into this new politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

It was not big nor red, like poor ‘Petrea’s’, it was only rather flat, and all the pinching in the world could not give it an aristocratic point.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott