Aristocratess
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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