2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Aristocratic \Ar`is*to*crat"ic\, Aristocratical \Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. aristocratique.] 1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution. [1913 Webster] 2. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners. -- {Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: aristocratical adj : belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "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" [syn: {aristocratic}, {blue}, {blue-blooded}, {gentle}, {patrician}]
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