aristocracy
Noun
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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 statushyponym:
- 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:- ferdinand and isabella - joint monarchs of Spain; Ferdinand V and Isabella I
- william and mary - joint monarchs of England; William III and Mary II
synonym: nobility -
The most powerful members of a society (synset 108403944)
hypernym: upper class, upper crust - the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchyhyponym: landed gentry, squirearchy - the gentry who own land (considered as a class)synonym: gentry
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