adjective
- Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.
- usage: "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"
- synonyms: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, gentle, patrician
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