Aristocratess

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female aristocrat. rare

    "There is first the would-be aristocratess stepping from her carriage, and carefully refraining from looking around her, dressed in the richest of silks, and the most delicate of laces:—showing in striking contrast with the man who rudely brushes past her, regardless of her pretty displeasure at such a want of proper respect."

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"There is first the would-be aristocratess stepping from her carriage, and carefully refraining from looking around her, dressed in the richest of silks, and the most delicate of laces:—showing in striking contrast with the man who rudely brushes past her, regardless of her pretty displeasure at such a want of proper respect."

Etymology

From aristocrat + -ess.

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