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| antiaristocratic |
combined form of aristocratic. |
| blue blood |
noble, aristocratic, or socially prominent lineage. [1/2 definitions] |
| Bourbon |
a member of an aristocratic French family that produced rulers of France, Spain, and Naples at various times in the sixteenth through twentieth centuries, or the name of this family itself. [1/2 definitions] |
| gentleman |
a man of aristocratic birth or high social standing. [1/4 definitions] |
| gentlewoman |
a woman of aristocratic birth or high social standing. [1/3 definitions] |
| Ghibelline |
a member of an aristocratic faction in medieval Italy that supported the authority of the German emperors over the papacy. (Cf. Guelph.) |
| grande dame |
(French) a grand or great lady, esp. one of advanced age; lady of aristocratic manner. |
| grand tour |
an extended tour of Europe, esp. continental Europe, formerly taken as the culmination and completion of study by young, wealthy, often aristocratic men of England or America. [1/2 definitions] |
| noble |
of, concerning, or belonging to a class of society that bears hereditary titles of rank or status; aristocratic. [1/4 definitions] |
| noblesse oblige |
the presumption that wealthy, aristocratic, or powerful people have an obligation to behave charitably and honorably, esp. towards people who are less fortunate. |
| nonaristocratic |
combined form of aristocratic. |
| patrician |
a member of an aristocratic class. [2/5 definitions] |
| well-born |
born into an aristocratic or esteemed family. |
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