Aristocracy
noun — Plural: Aristocracies
- 1.
- (FIGURATIVE) (Government by the best in birth or fortune, government in which the nobles rule, originally the rule of the best, later, the rule of a hereditary upper class, the nobility, upper classes, a member of the aristocracy) វរជន member of the aristocracy វណ្ណៈអភិជន government is an aristocracy អភិជនាធិបតេយ្យ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Aristocracies
- 1.
- Government by the best citizens.
- 2.
- A ruling body composed of the best citizens.
- 3.
- A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.
- 4.
- The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.