aristocratic family

Titled bloodline dynasty

An aristocratic family is one belonging to the nobility or hereditary ruling class, typically holding titles, land, and social privileges passed down through generations.

The term suggests old money, elite lineage, and traditional influence: She married into an aristocratic family with estates in the countryside.

It can also describe manner or bearing that suggests such origins.

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stately home · marquess · dynasty · coat of arms · peerage · blue blood · old money · forebears · genealogy · baron · bloodline · ancestry · noble house · viscount · patronage · heraldry · heirloom · primogeniture

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social class/rank

aristocratic familycommoners

Ordinary citizens, untitled

peasantry · peasants · lowborn · underclass · servant class

social mobility/origins

aristocratic familynouveau riche

Recently wealthy, often showy

parvenu · social climbers

Family

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