the restaurant's cuisine is truly superb, but the maître d's aristocratic demeanor is a bit much
an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins
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The tourbillon version encases an appealing tension between the 270-piece complication’s visceral architecture and Roth’s flair for aristocratic typefaces and theatrical curves.—👁 Image Adam Erace, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026 Because the feudal courts, chivalric codes, and aristocratic patronage that had sustained it were gone.—👁 Image Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026 The poisoning of a champion stallion opens an investigation that starts to expose tensions and secrets inside an aristocratic horse breeding dynasty.—👁 Image Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026 The series begins with her and Jolyon’s wedding, and Francis certainly thinks that her six-episode season will be about ensuring her family’s ascendency into aristocratic society by finding a suitable match for her daughter June (Justine Emma Moore).—👁 Image Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for aristocratic
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Etymology
Middle French aristocratique, from Medieval Latin aristocraticus, from Greek aristokratikos, from aristokratia
