aristocrat

名词 aristocrat:

1. a member of the aristocracy
   同义词：blue blood, patrician

1. Medieval system, where land was grant by a king to his aristocracy, and by the aristocrat to the peasant, on condition that each pay a service( or feudal duty) to his superior.
   一种中世纪的制度：国王将土地转让给贵族，贵族再转让给农民。条件是每个人必须向他上级服役或交税。
2. A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years.
   在一出极为成功的演出中，一位著名演员有一次被选派扮演一名贵族。这位贵族被关押在巴士底狱已20年了。
3. Her father was an English aristocrat.
   她的父亲曾是英国贵族。

a.ris.to.crat

n.（名词）
A member of a ruling class or of the nobility.
贵族：统治阶级中或贵族阶层中的一个成员
A person having the tastes, manners, or other characteristics of the aristocracy:
有贵族气质的人：一个有贵族品味，举止或其它特征的人：
例句：
a natural aristocrat who insists on the best accommodations.
一个天生的贵族坚持要最好的膳宿

A person who advocates government by an aristocracy.
赞成贵族的人：一个主张贵族统治的人
One considered the best of its kind:
被认为是同类中最好的一个：
例句：
the aristocrat of cars.
第一流的车

来源：
French aristocrate
法语 aristocrate
from aristocratie [aristocracy]
源自 aristocratie [贵族]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Late Latin aristocratia * see aristocracy
源自 后期拉丁语 aristocratia *参见 aristocracy

【引伸】
aris.tocrat.ic 或
aris.tocrat.ical
adj.（形容词）
aris.tocrat.ically
adv.（副词）