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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: aristocratic 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: {aristocratical}, {blue}, {blue-blooded}, {gentle}, {patrician}]
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