aristocratic

Example Sentences

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David embraced aristocratic country life and distrusted outsiders; Sydney enjoyed London, music and company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

As an undergraduate at Cambridge, the young Martin befriended the aristocratic Ben Fitzmaurice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Born in 1942 to an aristocratic British family in Dorset, England, Douglas-Hamilton studied biology and zoology in Scotland and Oxford before moving to Tanzania to research elephant social behaviour.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Europe was, to be sure, burdened with aristocratic legacies and gross disparities in wealth that were not present to the same degree in America.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis