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    ARISTOCRACY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The most powerful members of a societyplay

    Synonyms:

    aristocracy; gentry

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("aristocracy" is a kind of...):

    upper class; upper crust (the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aristocracy"):

    landed gentry; squirearchy (the gentry who own land (considered as a class))

    Derivation:

    aristocratic (belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A privileged class holding hereditary titlesplay

    Synonyms:

    aristocracy; nobility

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

    Hypernyms ("aristocracy" is a kind of...):

    elite; elite group (a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status)

    Meronyms (members of "aristocracy"):

    aristocrat; blue blood; patrician (a member of the aristocracy)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aristocracy"):

    noblesse (members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility))

    baronage; peerage (the peers of a kingdom considered as a group)

    baronetage (the collective body of baronets)

    knighthood (aristocrats holding the rank of knight)

    samurai (feudal Japanese military aristocracy)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Ferdinand and Isabella (joint monarchs of Spain; Ferdinand V and Isabella I)

    William and Mary (joint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II)

    Derivation:

    aristocratic (belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy)

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