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Word: Aristocracy
Speech Type: Noun
late 15th century: from Old French aristocratie, from Greek aristokratia, from aristos ‘best’ + -kratia ‘power’. The term originally denoted the government of a state by its best citizens, later by the rich and well born, hence the sense ‘nobility’, regardless of the form of government (mid 17th century)
ˌarɪˈstɒkrəsi
the highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth holding hereditary titles and offices
Short Definition:highest social class
Examples:- members of the aristocracy
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