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Noun: aristocracy  `a-ri'stó-kru-see
  1. A privileged class holding hereditary titles
    - nobility
     
  2. The most powerful members of a society
    - gentry

Derived forms: aristocracies

See also: aristocratic

Type of: elite, élite [Brit], elite group, upper class, upper crust

Encyclopedia: Aristocracy

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