English-Thai Dictionary

aristocracy

N การปกครอง โดย ชนชั้นสูง  kan-pok-khrong-doi-chon-chan-sung

 

aristocracy

N ชนชั้นสูง  nobility privileged class chon-chan-sung

 

aristocracy

N ประเทศ หรือ รัฐ ที่ ปกครอง โดย ชนชั้นสูง  pra-thed-rue-rat-ti-pok-khrong-doi-chon-chan-sung

 

aristocracy

N สมาชิก ของ กลุ่ม ชนชั้นสูง  sa-ma-chik-khong-klum-chon-chan-sung

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARISTOCRACY

n.[Gr. best, and to hold or govern. ] A form of government, in which the whole supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state; or in a few men distinguished by their rank and opulence. When the supreme power is exercised by a small number, the government is called an oligarchy. The latter word however is usually applied to a corrupted form of aristocracy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARISTOCRACY

Ar `is *toc "ra *cy, n.; pl. Aristocracies. Etym: [Gr. arm, and orig. meant fitting: cf. F. aristocratie. See Arm, and Create, which is related to Gr.

 

1. Government by the best citizens.

 

2. A ruling body composed of the best citizens. [Obs. ] In the Senate Right not our quest in this, I will protest them To all the world, no aristocracy. B. Jonson.

 

3. A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy. The aristocracy of Venice hath admitted so many abuses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that the period of its duration seems approach. Swift.

 

4. The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use ) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

aristocracy

ar is toc ra cy |ˌariˈstäkrəsē ˌɛrəˈstɑkrəsi | ▶noun ( pl. aristocracies ) [ treated as sing. ] (or pl., usu. the aristocracy ) the highest class in certain societies, esp. those holding hereditary titles or offices: the ancient Polish aristocracy had hereditary right to elect the king. • a form of government in which power is held by the nobility. • a state governed in this way. • a group regarded as privileged or superior in a particular sphere: high-level technocrats make up a large part of this “technical aristocracy. ” ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Old French aristocratie, from Greek aristokratia, from aristos ‘best ’ + -kratia ‘power. ’ The term originally denoted the government of a state by its best citizens, later by the rich and well-born, hence the sense ‘nobility, ’ regardless of the form of government (mid 17th cent ). usage: Aristocracy, oligarchy, and plutocracy are sometimes confused. All mean some form of rule by a small elite. Aristocracy is rule by a traditional elite, held to be made up of ‘the best ’ people, and is usually hereditary. Oligarchy is literally rule by a few. Plutocracy is rule by the (necessarily few ) very rich.

 

Oxford Dictionary

aristocracy

ar ¦is |toc ¦racy |ˌarɪˈstɒkrəsi | ▶noun ( pl. aristocracies ) (usu. the aristocracy ) [ treated as sing. or pl. ] the highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth holding hereditary titles and offices: members of the aristocracy. • a form of government in which power is held by the nobility. • a state in which governing power is held by the nobility. • a group regarded as privileged or superior in a particular sphere: Britain's pop aristocracy | a new aristocracy of talented young people. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Old French aristocratie, from Greek aristokratia, from aristos ‘best ’ + -kratia ‘power ’. The term originally denoted the government of a state by its best citizens, later by the rich and well born, hence the sense ‘nobility ’, regardless of the form of government (mid 17th cent. ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

aristocracy

aristocracy noun she was quite at home with the aristocracy: nobility, peerage, gentry, gentility, upper class, ruling class, elite, high society, establishment, haut monde; aristocrats, lords, ladies, peers, peers of the realm, nobles, noblemen, noblewomen; informal upper crust, top drawer, aristos. ANTONYMS working class.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

aristocracy

aristocracy noun (the aristocracy ) the nobility, the peerage, the gentry, the upper class, the ruling class, the privileged class, the elite, high society, the establishment, the patriciate, the haut monde, the beau monde; aristocrats, lords, ladies, peers, peers of the realm, nobles, noblemen, noblewomen, titled men /women /people, patricians; informal the upper crust, the jet set, the beautiful people, the crème de la crème, the top drawer, aristos; Brit. informal nobs, toffs. ANTONYMS the working class, the common people, the masses.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

aristocracy

ar is toc ra cy /æ̀rɪstɑ́krəsi |-tɔ́k -/ (!強勢は第3音節 ) 〖aristo (最上の )cracy (政治 )〗名詞 複 -cies /-z /1 C 〖集合的に; ｟英 ｠では単複両扱い 〗貴族階級 (の人々 )(nobility ); 上流階級 (の人々 )▸ a member of the British aristocracy 英国貴族 (社会の一員 )2 U 貴族政治 ;C 貴族政治国家 (→democracy ).3 C 〖集合的に 〗一流の人々 ; エリート層 .