adj. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men.
adj. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men.
adj. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to aristocracy or a ruling oligarchy; consisting in or pertaining to the rule of a privileged class; oligarchic: as, an aristocratic constitution; an aristocratic government.
Pertaining to, resembling, or befitting the nobility or men of rank; resembling in manners or character the aristocracy or higher classes in a community: as, aristocratic pride; aristocratic in sentiment.
Belonging to an aristocracy.
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adj. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
Word Usage
"In using the term aristocratic literature I have in mind an intellectual rather than a social category."