aristocratie

Definitions of aristocratie
  1. noun
    members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
    synonyms: noblesse
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    type of:
    noblesse
    a privileged class holding hereditary titles
  2. noun
    the most powerful members of a society
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    types:
    petite noblesse
    the gentry who own land (considered as a class)
    type of:
    haute société
    the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
  3. noun
    a privileged class holding hereditary titles
    synonyms: noblesse
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    types:
    noblesse
    members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
    pairie
    the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
    type of:
    élite
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
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