aristocracy
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• noun
The highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth holding hereditary titles and offices.
"Members of the landed aristocracy owned vast estates across the countryside for centuries."
A form of government in which power is held by a small, privileged ruling class or nobility, or a state governed in this way.
"Ancient political philosophers often contrasted a virtuous aristocracy with a corrupt oligarchy."
A group of people or things regarded as superior to others in a particular field or category.
"Those pioneering scientists formed an intellectual aristocracy within the university."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed via Late Latin and Middle French from Ancient Greek 'aristokratia' ('rule of the best'), combining 'aristos' ('best' or 'noblest') and 'kratos' ('power' or 'rule').