1.
[syn: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Aristocratic \Ar`is*to*crat"ic\, Aristocratical
\Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. aristocratique.]
1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or
favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an
aristocratic constitution.
[1913 Webster]
2. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy;
characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy;
as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or
manners. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. --
Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
aristocratical
adj 1: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic
Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family";
"blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle
blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South";
"aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features";
"patrician tastes" [syn: aristocratic,
aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle,
patrician]