aristocrats (noun)

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• Dividend Aristocrats — UK US noun [S] ► STOCK MARKET a list of companies in the Standard and Poor s 500 Index that have increased their dividends every year for at least 25 years: »The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats is the most prestigious list of dividend stocks …   Financial and business terms

• eupatrid — noun (plural eupatridae) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Greek eupatridēs, from eu + patr , patēr father more at father Date: 1836 one of the hereditary aristocrats of ancient Athens …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• democrat — noun /ˈdɛməkræt/ A supporter of democracy; an advocate of democratic politics (originally as opposed to the aristocrats in Revolutionary France) …   Wiktionary

• fontange — noun A curly headdress popular among aristocrats in Europe in the late 17th century and early 18th century, made of knots of ribbons …   Wiktionary

• democrat — noun 1》 a supporter of democracy. 2》 (Democrat) (in the US) a member of the Democratic Party. Origin C18 (orig. denoting an opponent of the aristocrats in the French Revolution of 1790): from Fr. démocrate, on the pattern of aristocrate… …   English new terms dictionary

• aristocracy — noun she was quite at home with the aristocracy Syn: nobility, peerage, gentry, gentility, upper class, ruling class, elite, high society, establishment, haut monde; aristocrats, lords, ladies, peers, peers of the realm, nobles, noblemen,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• aristocrat — noun the son of aristocrats Syn: nobleman, noblewoman, lord, lady, peer, peeress, peer of the realm, patrician, grandee; blue blood; informal aristo Ant: commoner …   Thesaurus of popular words

• nobility — noun 1) a member of the nobility Syn: aristocracy, aristocrats, peerage, peers (of the realm), lords, nobles, noblemen, noblewomen, patricians; informal aristos 2) the nobility of his deed Syn: virtue, goodne …   Thesaurus of popular words

• knighthood — noun aristocrats holding the rank of knight • Hypernyms: ↑nobility, ↑aristocracy …   Useful english dictionary

• japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …   Universalium

• Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …   Universalium