How to Use aristocrat in a Sentence

aristocrat

noun

• Once, money had been held in the hands and lands of a few wealthy aristocrats.
  — The Economist, 12 Apr. 2018
• The inmates take over the town, becoming aristocrats, a prince of the church, a fancy madam.
  — Charles Champlin, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• Manfred von Richthofen, the ace pilot known as the Red Baron, was an aristocrat who flew solo, a knight of the air.
  — Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
• Before, the artist was serving the popes and aristocrats and Medici.
  — David Marchese David Marchese Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• Nor did the British Foreign Office appear to rein in the rogue aristocrat.
  — Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021
• Lafayette, a French aristocrat, was aiding Americans in the fight against the British.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 3 July 2022
• The aristocrat Blanche de la Force had hoped the convent would serve as a sanctuary.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2022
• These tensions come to a head when Isa visits the Hamptons at the behest of a British aristocrat.
  — Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2021
• But Britain, where aristocrats own huge tracts of land, opposed the idea, Mr. Fischler said.
  — New York Times, 11 Dec. 2019
• The fact of the matter is that European aristocrats ate off of pewter plates, which had a high lead content.
  — Farideh Sadeghin, Saveur, 14 Sep. 2023
• The public, then, is to be watched, in this country, as, in other countries kings and aristocrats are to be watched.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023
• To the Roman aristocrats of the decades before the birth of Jesus, such a sentiment would have seemed grotesque.
  — Tom Holland, Time, 29 Oct. 2019
• From the 17th through 19th centuries, the primary arts patrons were kings, aristocrats and the church.
  — Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2019
• In the book, aristocrats, politicians, artists, writers and movie stars show up for cameos on the Riviera and then depart.
  — Reagan Upshaw, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
• The house is the principal seat for the Duke of Beaufort, a British aristocrat, but is often used for filming.
  — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 31 July 2021
• On the frozen rivers and canals of St. Petersburg, a petty thief on skates warms the heart of an aristocrat’s daughter as forces try to keep them apart.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 13 June 2021
• Anya enlists the aid of a dashing conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 29 Sep. 2021
• Like golf, tennis was as hidebound as the aristocrats who then played and most closely followed the sport.
  — Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• The upkeep for the house — called Wankaner House back then — became too much for a minor aristocrat.
  — New York Times, 27 July 2021
• Alfred Giles came into the world as a sickly child of aristocrats in the suburbs of London.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2017
• This is the moment for the Greenwich aristocrat to redeem his solemn promise.
  — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
• Smith despised cheater aristocrats and oligarchs, by the way.
  — WIRED, 6 July 2023
• To be a free man was to have a legal right to graze a certain number of sheep, which the aristocrats and powerful couldn’t take away from you.
  — Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
• Matt Martin It's been coopted by style tribes from aristocrats to punks to peacocks to goths.
  — Max Berlinger, GQ, 7 Mar. 2018
• Originally the calcio was played for rich aristocrats, and even popes were known to play.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2017
• The first and most outlandish was an English aristocrat named Moreton Frewen.
  — Edward Dolnick, New York Times, 2 June 2017
• In the early 1900s, long before Ferris played hooky in his, a prim sweater vest was the sort of thing a tony aristocrat would have worn to keep warm while fox hunting.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2020
• Red is also the tunic of cardinals, as well as the velvet cloak of aristocrats.
  — Selene Oliva, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2023
• British aristocrats of the time could look back with pride at having broken the king’s system, diffusing power among a broader upper class and reinforcing many fundamental rights.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
• This Dracula is an aristocrat; his cultured nature and Old World legacy add a layer of sophisticated menace to the bloodsucker.
  — James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024