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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aristocratic \Ar'is*to*crat"ic\, Aristocratical \Ar'is*to*crat"ic*al\, adjective [Gr. ?: cf. F. aristocratique.]
1. Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.
2. Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners. -- {Ar'is*to*crat"ic*al*ly}, adverb -- {Ar'is*to*crat"ic*al*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aristocratic
adjective: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes" [syn: {aristocratical}, {blue}, {blue-blooded}, {gentle}, {patrician}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "aristocratic": U, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, arrogant, august, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, autonomous, bossy, bureaucratic, chivalrous, civic, civil, constitutional, courtly, democratic, despotic, dictatorial, dignified, domineering, ducal, elitist, exalted, fascist, federal, federalist, federalistic, feudal, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, governmental, grand, grave, grinding, gubernatorial, heteronomous, high, high and mighty, high-handed, hubristic, imperative, imperial, imperious, imposing, kinglike, kingly, knightly, ladylike, lordly, magisterial, magistral, majestic, masterful, matriarchal, matriarchic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monocratic, noble, of gentle blood, of rank, official, oligarchal, oligarchic, oppressive, overbearing, overruling, parliamentarian, parliamentary, patriarchal, patriarchic, patrician, peremptory, pluralistic, political, princelike, princely, queenlike, queenly, quite the lady, regal, repressive, republican, royal, sedate, self-governing, severe, sober, solemn, stately, statuesque, strict, suppressive, theocratic, titled, totalitarian, tyrannical, tyrannous, venerable, worthy
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