Aristocratic vs Veteran - What's the difference?
aristocratic | veteran |
Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men.
Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy.
A person with long experience of a particular activity.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service.
Having had long experience, practice, or service.
* Macaulay
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4 Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.
As adjectives the difference between aristocratic and veteran
is that aristocratic is of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men while veteran is having had long experience, practice, or service.As a noun veteran is
a person with long experience of a particular activity.As a proper noun Veteran is
a village in Alberta, Canada.aristocratic
English
Alternative forms
* aristocratickAdjective
(en adjective)- An aristocratic constitution.
- An aristocratic measure.
- Aristocratic pride or manners.
References
* English words suffixed with -craticveteran
English
(wikipedia veteran)Noun
(en noun)Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
Derived terms
* Veterans DayAdjective
(-)- The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers.
citation, passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.}}