Thesaurus: aristocracy

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1. n. Government by the best citizens.
2. n. A ruling body composed of the best citizens.
3. n. A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.
4. n. The class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/nobles">nobles or class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/chief">chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.
5. n. a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/privileged">privileged class holding hereditary titles
6. n. the most powerful members of a society
7. n:100 n a class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/privileged">privileged class holding hereditary titles n the most powerful members of a society