aristocracy

Noun
  1. A privileged class holding hereditary titles (synset 108404938)
    hypernym: elite, elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status
    hyponym:
    • noblesse - members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)
    • baronage, peerage - the peers of a kingdom considered as a group
    • baronetage - the collective body of baronets
    • knighthood - aristocrats holding the rank of knight
    • samurai - feudal Japanese military aristocracy
    instance hyponym:
    member holonym: aristocrat, blue blood, patrician - a member of the aristocracy
    synonym: nobility
  2. The most powerful members of a society (synset 108403944)
    hypernym: upper class, upper crust - the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
    hyponym: landed gentry, squirearchy - the gentry who own land (considered as a class)
    synonym: gentry

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