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aristocracy (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: aristocratie, from Late Latin, from Greek aristokratia, from aristos 'best' + -kratia '-cracy']
[C usually singular] the people in the highest social class, who traditionally have a lot of land, money, and power
::dukes, earls, and other members of the aristocracy
::the landed aristocracy (=who own a lot of land)
-see also upper class