How to Use aristocrat in a Sentence

aristocrat

noun
  • Once, money had been held in the hands and lands of a few wealthy aristocrats.
    — The Economist, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The aristocrats of France’s ancien régime did not have to pay taxes.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • And still, every local rogue declares him as an out-of-touch aristocrat.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Anya enlists the aid of a dashing conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Originally the calcio was played for rich aristocrats, and even popes were known to play.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2017
  • Instead of cleaning their shoes, the royals and aristocrats would throw them out every few days.
    — National Geographic, 14 Oct. 2016
  • Like golf, tennis was as hidebound as the aristocrats who then played and most closely followed the sport.
    — Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The inmates take over the town, becoming aristocrats, a prince of the church, a fancy madam.
    — Charles Champlin, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • And the space truly was palatial—but think refined career aristocrat rather than louche despot.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026
  • With that in mind, here are some of the names in Goldman's buyback aristocrats basket.
    — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The public, then, is to be watched, in this country, as, in other countries kings and aristocrats are to be watched.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Before, the artist was serving the popes and aristocrats and Medici.
    — David Marchese David Marchese Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Red is also the tunic of cardinals, as well as the velvet cloak of aristocrats.
    — Selene Oliva, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The aristocrat Blanche de la Force had hoped the convent would serve as a sanctuary.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The fact of the matter is that European aristocrats ate off of pewter plates, which had a high lead content.
    — Farideh Sadeghin, Saveur, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Fancy stepping into the world of aristocrats and royals alike?
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • This is the moment for the Greenwich aristocrat to redeem his solemn promise.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
  • His father was a farmer on the estate of a local aristocrat, and his mother was a homemaker.
    — Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2021
  • To be a free man was to have a legal right to graze a certain number of sheep, which the aristocrats and powerful couldn’t take away from you.
    — Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
  • In the book, aristocrats, politicians, artists, writers and movie stars show up for cameos on the Riviera and then depart.
    — Reagan Upshaw, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
  • She's inspired by a real aristocrat and is the Guinness sibling's cousin.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Nor did the British Foreign Office appear to rein in the rogue aristocrat.
    — Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Would England’s aristocrats vote to cut the Premier League?
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The upkeep for the house — called Wankaner House back then — became too much for a minor aristocrat.
    — New York Times, 27 July 2021
  • The aristocrat obliged and ordered the construction of the Duomo.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Charles speaks German, and his aunts married German aristocrats, one or two a Nazi.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Joel David Smallbone is briefly amusing as a cranky aristocrat and the rest of the cast does what they are expected to do.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 1 July 2026
  • The first and most outlandish was an English aristocrat named Moreton Frewen.
    — Edward Dolnick, New York Times, 2 June 2017
  • Powell is quite funny when Eliza meets a bunch of upper-crust types and proceeds, in dead earnest, to mimic each one of the aristocrats.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Alfred Giles came into the world as a sickly child of aristocrats in the suburbs of London.
    — Silvia Foster-Frau, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2017

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