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FEMALE ARISTOCRAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("female aristocrat" is a kind of...):
aristocrat; blue blood; patrician (a member of the aristocracy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "female aristocrat"):
czarina; czaritza; tsarina; tsaritsa; tzarina (the wife or widow of a czar)
Lady; noblewoman; peeress (a woman of the peerage in Britain)
female monarch; queen; queen regnant (a female sovereign ruler)
queen (the wife or widow of a king)
Instance hyponyms:
Diana; Lady Diana Frances Spencer; Princess Diana; Princess of Wales (English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997))
Diane de Poitiers; Duchesse de Valentinois (French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II; she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566))
Antonym:
male aristocrat (a man who is an aristocrat)