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2.1 Society
PART 2
social classes, urbane, suave, gauche, rural, proletarian,
territories, domicile, denizen
aristocracy = gentry : patriciate = patrician = aristocrat = blue blood : peerage
• (aristocracy)- a class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges,
esp. the hereditary nobility, ( ); Your aristocracy is a base
imitation of our snobby, revelling in the heartless hording of gold, and
vaunting of bad English. — The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth;
• (gentry)- people of standing; class of people just below nobility,
( ); The children of the gentry were
usually taught in their homes by private teachers of small classes. — Our
Legal Heritage, 5th Ed;
• (patriciate)- nobility or aristocracy; The patriciate of Rome had combined
with the people to place its destinies in Dea Flavia's hands. — "Unto
Caesar";
• The rank, position, or term of office of a patrician;
• (patrician)- a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat, (
); The young patrician was as amenable to this
law as the child of the lowest peasant She succumbed. — Condensed Novels;
• (aristocrat)- a member of a ruling class or of the nobility; He had the
manners of an aristocrat, and was careful in his dress. — The Loves of Great
Composers;
• (blue blood)- noble or aristocratic descent;
• (peerage)- the body of peers of a country or state; I found her very well
pleased; for peerage will be some sort of protection to her upon any turn of
affairs. — The Journal to Stella;
urbane = polished = refined ~ genteel = cultivated = cultured : svelte = suave
= elegant
• (urbane)- having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of
sophisticated social life in major cities, ( ; ; ); No matter