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- adjective Obsolete form of
aristocratic .
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Examples
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Ayrshire; where one of the candidates, in order to undermine the old and established interest, had artfully held himself out as a champion for the independency of the county against aristocratick influence, and had persuaded several gentlemen into a resolution to oppose every candidate who was supported by peers.
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She liked his manners, his riding, and his good loox; and being a pervinew herself had a dubble respect for real aristocratick flesh and blood.
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We talked of a violent contest which was then carrying on, with a view to the next general election for Ayrshire; where one of the candidates, in order to undermine the old and established interest, had artfully held himself out as a champion for the independency of the county against aristocratick influence, and had persuaded several gentlemen into a resolution to oppose every candidate who was supported by peers [949].
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Hoboken, thinks it aristocratick, and herself more refined and rare to run the place down.
Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands Marietta Holley 1881
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She liked his manners, his riding, and his good loox; and being a pervinew herself had a dubble respect for real aristocratick flesh and blood.
The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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We talked of a violent contest which was then carrying on, with a view to the next general election for Ayrshire; where one of the candidates, in order to undermine the old and established interest, had artfully held himself out as a champion for the independency of the county against aristocratick influence, and had persuaded several gentlemen into a resolution to oppose every candidate who was supported by peers.
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. James Boswell 1767
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