Meaning of aristocracy in English
Noun
aristocracyEtymology
late 15th century: from Old French aristocratie, from Greek aristokratia, from aristos‘best’ + -kratia‘power’. The term originally denoted the government of a state by its best citizens, later by the rich and well born, hence the sense ‘nobility’, regardless of the form of government (mid 17th century)Definitions
1. a privileged class holding hereditary titles- 2. the most powerful members of a society