Belgravian
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A resident of Belgravia, London.
- 2 A member of the fashionable or aristocratic society assumed to reside in Belgravia. broadly
"The haughty Belgravians, the aristocracy of rank, are greatly shocked at the bad manners of the aristocracy of wealth, the Barings and Rothschilds of the city, and earnestly entreat all "respectable" strangers at Prince Albert's fair to bear it ever in mind that London City is not London Town!"
- 1 Of or pertaining to Belgravia, London.
- 2 Of or pertaining to the fashionable or aristocratic life; fashionable, aristocratic. broadly
"Many of the social figures in England, male and female, especially a very Belgravian mother, Lady Clarice, are deftly drawn ; but the coloured desperado, who fails in his attack on his brother, is a little crude."
Example
More examples"Many of the social figures in England, male and female, especially a very Belgravian mother, Lady Clarice, are deftly drawn ; but the coloured desperado, who fails in his attack on his brother, is a little crude."
Etymology
From Belgravia + -ian.
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