Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to Belgravia, an aristocratic district of London around Pimlico; hence, aristocratic; fashionable.
- noun An inhabitant of Belgravia; an aristocrat; a member of the upper classes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
Belgravia ,London . - adjective idiomatic Of or pertaining to the
fashionable oraristocratic life; fashionable, aristocratic. - noun A resident of
Belgravia , London; by extension a member of the fashionable or aristocratic society assumed to reside in Belgravia.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Belgravian.
Examples
-
After the Belgravian defense minister is nearly killed on "NCIS" CBS at 8, the team is required to protect his daughter, who's doing a study program in America.
TV Highlights: 'Glee' sings Justin Bieber, 'Nova' explains 'Jeopardy!' supercomputer Post 2011
-
Buck-toothed Belgravian startlet Suzanna Leigh who appeared in DEADLIER THAN THE MALE and Hammer's THE LOST CONTINENT the same year stars as pop star Vicki Robbins, driven to exhaustion by the demands of topping the charts and packed off to a remote British isle for a bit of R&R.
Hear the buzzing of the bees, angry bees! Arbogast 2008
-
Thanks to the promise of enormous wealth—bolstered by some initial small but encouraging returns, and especially by the bestowing of various Belgravian noble titles on the more important buyers—he would begin to frequent the most aristocratic salons and eventually become one of them himself.
Valfierno Martín Caparrós 2008
-
Thanks to the promise of enormous wealth—bolstered by some initial small but encouraging returns, and especially by the bestowing of various Belgravian noble titles on the more important buyers—he would begin to frequent the most aristocratic salons and eventually become one of them himself.
Valfierno Martín Caparrós 2008
-
For the last three months Miss Newcome has been the greatest lioness in London: the reigning beauty winning the horse: the first favourite out of the whole Belgravian harem.
The Newcomes 2006
-
Belgravian mansion, and fling an angry word to his wife as she sits alone in the darkling drawing-room, poring over the embers.
The Newcomes 2006
-
All these men are objects whom the observer of human life and manners may contemplate with as much profit as the most elderly Belgravian Venus, or inveterate Mayfair Jezebel.
-
Belgravian or Mayfair parts, for it's a terribly long journey to that spot where the Mansion House stands staring at the Bank, and City dances always begin early.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 Various
-
They don't don this kind of gear every evening, like your _blasé_ Belgravian; so it is surely meet and right that the get-up should be more elaborate and brilliant than his when the festive occasions do come round.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 Various
-
"I did not happen to find my friends in the Belgravian district, but what matters it?" returned Helen.
Marguerite Verne Rebecca Agatha Armour
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.