aristocratic family

collocation in English

meaningsofaristocraticandfamily

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aristocratic
adjective
uk
/ˌær.ɪ.stəˈkræt.ɪk/us
/ˌer.ə.stəˈkræt̬.ɪk/
belonging to a class of people who hold high ...
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family
noun
uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition ofaristocraticandfamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He was a scion of an oldaristocraticfamily, a fact of which he was notoriously proud.
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Suppose the localaristocraticfamilyhas controlled the parliamentary seat for a long time and, according to shared understandings in the community, deserves to be selected again.
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We may be compared with an ancientaristocraticfamilythat has been living above its means for a long time and has already hocked the silver to pay the butler.
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Eacharistocraticfamilyof griots accompanied a higher-ranked family of warrior-kings or emperors, which they called "jatigi".
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Anaristocraticfamilystruggles to coexist with the creature, who is by turns despondent and mischievous.
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Aristocraticfamilywas expropriated of their property and orphanage was set there.
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The establishment of demes as the fundamental units of the state weakened the gene, oraristocraticfamilygroups, that had dominated the phratries.
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Though he belonged to anaristocraticfamily, by the time he was born the family had seen bad days.
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He becomes engaged to the daughter of an impoverishedaristocraticfamily, in order to make himself respectable.
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Region of pemako was divided among different monastery and differentaristocraticfamily.
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A fifth son in anaristocraticfamilytherefore ranked far below the first, and his first cousin far below him (1955:247).
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This enabled thearistocraticfamilyto recover financially through the hefty dowry usually asked from the commoner.
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His lack ofaristocraticfamilyconnections helped him broaden the base of the party to include more businessmen.
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He was born into anaristocraticfamily, and travelled a great deal in his youth.
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However, thearistocraticfamilyowner of tower enjoyed the positive consumption of positional good, namely it had a positive utility deriving from positional good.
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Subsequent members of thearistocraticfamilyended up selling portions of the palace, until the last member left in 1812.
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Rafail was born into a wealthyaristocraticfamily.
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Scion of an oldaristocraticfamily, he initially studied philosophy.
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