old families
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
aristocracy · pedigree · estate · manor · heirloom · generations · legacy · nobility · roots · genealogy · patriarch · matriarch · traditions · surnames · wealth · privilege · inheritance · blueblood
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
- Athenian ElitePericles, Solon, archons, noble families, council members
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- frontier Americapioneers, settlers, homesteaders, homesteading, sodbusters
- local politicstown council, city councils, town meeting, mayors, alderman
lineage duration
old familiesnewcomers
Those recently arrived
young families · immigrant families · new blood · upstarts · arrivistes
social standing and prestige
old familiesnouveau riche
Recently wealthy, often showy
new money · arrivistes · parvenus · upstarts · social climbers