ARISTOCRACY
\ˌaɹɪstˈɒkɹəsi], \ˌaɹɪstˈɒkɹəsi], \ˌa_ɹ_ɪ_s_t_ˈɒ_k_ɹ_ə_s_i]\
Definitions of ARISTOCRACY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Government by the best citizens.
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A ruling body composed of the best citizens.
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A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.
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The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.
By Oddity Software
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Government by the best citizens.
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A ruling body composed of the best citizens.
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A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.
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The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.
By Noah Webster.
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Government by persons of the highest rank in a state; the nobility or chief persons in a state; those regarded as superior to the rest of their community in rank, wealth, or intellect.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald