aristocracy
n. உயர்குடிஞர் ஆடசி, உயர்குடியாட்சி நாடு, உயர் பண்பாட்சி, தனி உரிமை பெற்றவர்களின் மேட்டிமை, சிலர் ஆட்சி, மேற்குடி ஆட்சிக்குழு, ஆட்சி வகுப்பு, மேற்குடி மக்கள், பண்பாளர், சான்றோர்.
Ar`is*toc"ra*cy, n.; pl. Aristocracies. Etym: [Gr. arm, and orig. meant fitting: cf. F. aristocratie. See Arm, and Create, which is related to Gr. 1. Government by the best citizens. 2. A ruling body composed of the best citizens. [Obs.] In the Senate Right not our quest in this, I will protest them To all the world, no aristocracy. B. Jonson. 3. A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy. The aristocracy of Venice hath admitted so many abuses, trough the degeneracy of the nobles, that the period of its duration seems approach. Swift. 4. The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.