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a person of high birth or social position could trace his lineage to an English aristocrat of the 17th century

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Recent Examples of aristocrat The 34-year-old British aristocrat inherited his title and the Grosvenor estate, when his father Gerald Grosvenor, died in 2016. Meredith Kile, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025 While European aristocrats once danced through its gold-leafed halls, today—and after a lengthy renovation in 2016—the historic property is even better. Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2025 Born in New York City to Judith Bruce and Spanish aristocrat Ricardo Ignacio de la Huerta, Duke of Mandas y Villanueva, De la Huerta doesn’t hold an official title. Devan Díaz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025 The leaders of the French Revolution faced a failing regime that was burdened by debt and increasingly unpopular—and not just with those who suffered from its inequalities but also among the aristocrats who had benefited from it. Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for aristocrat

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“Aristocrat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aristocrat. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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