| ariki | (Maori) the first-born male or female of a notable family. |
| aristo | an aristocrat > ARISTOS. |
| aristocracy | a nobility or privileged class. |
| aristocrat | a member of an aristocracy. |
| atheling | an Anglo-Saxon nobleman. |
| baalebos | (Yiddish) master of the house > BAALEBATIM. |
| baboo babu | a title for Hindus in some parts of India corresponding to Mr; an Indian clerk; an Indian with a superficial English education. |
| babudom babuism | the state of being a BABU. |
| bachelor | an unmarried man; (hist.) a young knight who follows the banner of another, as too young to display his own. |
| banneret | a knight of higher grade, orig one bringing vassals under his own banner, later, one dubbed on the field of battle (often confused with BARONET). |
| baron | a lower member of nobility. |
| baronage | the whole body of barons or peers. |
| baroness | the wife of a baron. |
| baronet | the holder of a rank below that of a BARON. |
| baronetage | the title of BARONET. |
| baronetcy | the office of a baronet. |
| baronetess | a female baronet. |
| baronetical | of or like a BARONET. |
| baronial | of or pertaining to a baron or barons. |
| baronne | a BARONESS. |
| barony | the office or territory of a baron. |
| begum | in the Indian subcontinent, a Muslim noblewoman or lady of high rank. |
| beknight | to call or treat as a KNIGHT. |
| belady | to call or treat as a LADY > BELADIES, BELADYING, BELADIED. |
| betitle | to furnish with a title or titles. |
| boyar boyard | a member of the old Russian aristocracy, abolished by Peter the Great. |
| boyarism | rule by the BOYARS, the old Russian aristocracy. |
| brahman brahmin | a member of the highest Hindu class. |
| brahmani | a female BRAHMAN. |
| burgess | a citizen or freeman of a borough. |
| burgher | a citizen or freeman of a borough. |
| caballero | a Spanish gentleman; a horseman > CABALLEROS. |
| carlot | (Shakesp.) a peasant, a CHURL. |
| ceorl churl | in Anglo-Saxon England, a freeman of the lowest rank. |
| ceorlish | like a CEORL, churlish. |
| chevalier | a cavalier, a knight. |
| childe chylde | a youth of gentle birth, esp. in ballads. Note that CHYLDE, rather mysteriously, does not take an —S (but CHILDE does). |
| churl | see CEORL. |
| chylde | see CHILDE. |
| citizen | a member of a state. |
| citizenship | the state of being a CITIZEN. |
| clerisy | scholars and educated people as a class. |
| colonus | (Latin) a freeborn serf > COLONI. |
| comital | relating to a count, earl or county. |
| commoner | one of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. |
| comte | a French nobleman. |
| contessa | an Italian countess > CONTESSAS. |
| count | in continental Europe, a noble equal in rank to an earl; an imperial official. |
| countess | the wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility. |
| countship | a count's dignity or domain. |
| daimio daimyo | (Japanese) a territorial noble under the old feudal system. |
| dame | the mistress of a house, a MATRON. |
| damoisel damoiselle damosel damozel damsel demoiselle | (arch.) a young girl or unmarried woman. |
| don | a Spanish title, corresponding to English Sir and Mr, formerly applied only to noblemen, now to all classes; (verb) to put on. |
| dona donah | the female of DON. |
| donna | an Italian title for a lady. |
| donship | the quality or rank of a DON. |
| donzel | a squire, aspirant to knighthood. |
| dowager | a title given to a widow to distinguish her from the wife of her husband's heir. |
| ducal | of or relating to a DUKE > DUCALLY. |
| duchess | the wife or widow of a duke; (verb) to overwhelm with flattery and attention > DUCHESSES, DUCHESSING, DUCHESSED. |
| duke | a nobleman of the highest order; (verb) to fight with the fists. |
| dukeling | a little or insignificant duke. |
| dukery | the office of DUKE. |
| dukeship | the office of DUKE. |
| duniewassal duniwassal dunniewassal | a Highland gentleman of inferior rank. |
| earl | a rank above VISCOUNT, below MARQUIS. |
| earldom earlship | the rank of EARL. |
| eorl | (OE) an EARL. |
| equites | an order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order. N.B. no EQUITE*. |
| esquire | a landed proprietor; a title of dignity next below knight; (verb) to escort. |
| esquiress | a female ESQUIRE. |
| eupatrid | a member of the aristocracy in ancient Greek states > EUPATRIDAE or EUPATRIDS. [Gk. eupatrides, from eu, well, and pater, father]. |
| franklin | a rich medieval English freeholder. |
| gemman | (coll.) a gentleman > GEMMEN. |
| gent | (coll.) a gentleman. |
| gentilhomme | a nobleman, a gentleman > GENTILSHOMMES. |
| gentilise gentilize | to raise to the class of gentleman. |
| gentleman | a man of good birth or high social standing > GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMANLY. |
| gentlewoman | a woman of good breeding and refinement, a lady > GENTLEWOMEN, GENTLEWOMANLY. |
| gentry | the class of people next below the rank of nobility. |
| goodman | master of the house, head of the home > GOODMEN. |
| goodwife | the mistress of a household > GOODWIVES. |
| grandee | a man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. |
| gudeman | (Scots) a goodman > GUDEMEN. |
| gudewife | (Scots) a goodwife > GUDEWIVES. |
| harijan | in India, a member of the untouchable caste. |
| helot | a serf or slave, esp. of ancient Sparta. |
| hidalga | a title given to a Spanish noblewoman of the lower class. |
| hidalgo | a title given to a Spanish nobleman of the lower class > HIDALGOS. |
| hidalgoish | being like a HIDALGO. |
| hidalgoism | the state of being a HIDALGO, a Spanish nobleman of the lower class. |
| illustrissimo | most illustrious, esp. as belonging to the Italian aristocracy. |
| infanta | a title borne by every one of the daughters of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest. |
| infante | a title borne by every one of sons of the kings of Spain and Portugal, except the eldest or heir apparent. |
| junker | (German) a young German noble or squire; esp., a member of the aristocratic party in Prussia. |
| kaumatua | (Maori) a senior member of a tribe > KAUMATUAS. |
| khanum | (a Middle Eastern title for) a lady of rank. |
| knight | a man who has been awarded the rank immediately below BARONET, with the title 'Sir' > KNIGHTLY; (verb) to make a knight of. |
| knightage | the body of KNIGHTS, taken collectively. |
| knightliness | the state of being KNIGHTLY. |
| knightly | like a KNIGHT > KNIGHTLIER, KNIGHTLIEST. |
| koro | an elderly Maori man; a title of respect for an elderly Maori man. |
| kuia | a Maori female elder or elderly woman > KUIAS. |
| kulak | in Russia, a rich peasant > KULAKS or KULAKI. |
| ladify ladyfy | to make like a LADY. |
| lady | the wife of a KNIGHT, BARON or BARONET; generally, a woman of refinement and gentle manners. |
| ladyhood | the state or quality of being a lady; the personality of a LADY. |
| ladyish | somewhat like a LADY. |
| ladylike | resembling or suitable to a LADY. |
| ladyship | the condition of being a LADY. |
| laird | the owner of a landed estate, LAIRDLY. |
| lairdship | the office of a laird. |
| landgrave | a German nobleman of a rank corresponding to that of an EARL in England and of a COUNT in France. |
| landgravine | a member of the German aristocracy. |
| lord | a title for NOBLEMEN of various kinds. |
| maiden | a young unmarried girl, esp. when still a virgin > MAIDENLY. |
| mali mallee | a member of the gardener caste in India. |
| marchesa | an Italian marchioness > MARCHESAS. |
| marchese | an Italian marquess > MARCHESI. |
| marchioness | the wife or widow of a MARQUESS. |
| margrave | originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany. |
| margravine | a margrave's wife or woman having the power of a margrave. |
| marquess marquis | a British or Irish hereditary nobleman of the second rank of the peerage, below a duke and above an earl. |
| marquisate | the seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a MARQUIS; the territory governed by a marquis. |
| marquise | (the title of) a MARCHIONESS in Continental Europe or (formerly) Britain > MARQUISES. |
| matriarch | a woman who is the head of a family. |
| matron | a married woman of established social position. |
| matronal | of or pertaining to a MATRON. |
| matronhood | the state of being a MATRON. |
| matronly | like a MATRON. |
| matronship | the state of being a MATRON. |
| mazhbi | a Sikh of low caste > MAZHBIS. |
| mirza | a Persian title of honour. |
| miss | an unmarried woman. |
| misshood | the state of being a miss. |
| missy | a miss; (adj.) like a miss, missish > MISSIER, MISSIEST. |
| mistress | a woman employer of servants or head of a house or family; (verb) to make a mistress of > MISTRESSES, MISTRESSING, MISTRESSED. |
| mistressly | like a MISTRESS. |
| moujik mujik muzhik muzjik | a Russian peasant. |
| ngai | clan or tribe, as used before the names of certain Maori tribes. |
| nob | (sl.) a nobleman, a posh person. |
| nobility | the upper class. |
| noble | a member of the aristocracy; (adj.) of high birth > NOBLER, NOBLEST. |
| nobleman | a noble. |
| noblesse | nobles collectively. |
| nobilesse | (Spenser) noblesse. |
| noblewoman | a woman of noble rank. |
| noncitizen | one who is not a citizen. |
| optimate | a member of the patrician order in Rome; gen. a noble, an aristocrat. |
| parage | high birth or rank; equality of birth or status. (Cf. DISPARAGE, which originally meant to marry someone off to someone of lower rank). |
| pariah | a member of a caste in southern India lower than the four Brahminical castes; a person of low or no caste. |
| patrician | aristocratic > PATRICIANLY; (noun) a member or descendant by blood or adoption of one of the original families of citizens forming the Roman people; an aristocrat. |
| peasant | a person of inferior social rank. |
| peasantry | peasants collectively. |
| peasanty | in the style of a PEASANT. |
| peer | a noble of the rank of baron upward; a member of the House of Lords; (verb) to look. |
| peeress | a noblewoman. |
| pesant pesaunt pezant | (arch.) a PEASANT. |
| pleb plebeian | a member of the plebs of ancient Rome; a commoner; a member of a despised social class. |
| plebby | vulgar, PLEBEIAN > PLEBBIER, PLEBBIEST. |
| plebean | (Shakesp.) PLEBEIAN (adj. only). |
| plebeianise plebeianize plebify | to make PLEBEIAN. |
| plebeianly | in a PLEBEIAN manner. |
| plebs | one of the two divisions of the Roman people, orig the less privileged politically. |
| prole | a proletarian; (verb) to prowl. |
| proletarian | a member of the PROLETARIAT. |
| proletariat | the poorest labouring class; the wage-earning class, esp those without capital. |
| proletary | a PROLETARIAN. |
| raiyat ryot | an Indian peasant. |
| raiyatwari ryotwari | a system of Indian peasantry. |
| ritter | a German or Austrian knight or mounted warrior; a member of the German or Austrian minor nobility. |
| samurai | a member of the military caste in feudal Japan. |
| scutiger | a SQUIRE. [L. scutum, shield]. |
| seigneur seignior | a lord, especially of a manor. |
| seigneurial | relating to a man of rank or authority. |
| seignior | see SEIGNEUR. |
| serf | a person in modified slavery, esp. one bound to work on the land. |
| serfish | like a serf. |
| sharif | a descendant of Mohammed through his daughter Fatima > SHARIFS or ASHRAF. [Arab. sarif, noble, high-born]. |
| shereef sherif | a SHARIF. |
| spinster | an unmarried woman who is past the usual age for marrying > SPINSTERLY. |
| spinsterdom | the state of being a SPINSTER. |
| squirage squireage | the landed GENTRY collectively. |
| squiralty | the gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively. |
| squirarch | one who belongs to the SQUIRARCHY. |
| squirarchy squirearchy | the gentlemen, or gentry, of a country, collectively. |
| squire | an English or Irish landed gentleman, esp. of old family > SQUIRELY; (verb) to escort > SQUIRES, SQUIRING, SQUIRED. |
| squireage | see SQUIRAGE. |
| squirearchy | see SQUIRARCHY. |
| squiredom | the office of squire. |
| squireen | (facetious) one who is half squire, half farmer. |
| squirehood | the rank or state of a squire; squireship. |
| squireling | a petty SQUIRE. |
| squiress | a female SQUIRE. |
| squirish | like a SQUIRE. |
| thane thegn | a freeman granted land in return for military service; a Scottish feudal lord. |
| thanage thanedom thanehood thaneship | the state or dignity of a THANE. |
| thete | in ancient Greece, a serf; a poor freeman under Solon's constitution > THETES. [Gk. thes, thetos]. |
| umfazi | an African married woman > UMFAZIS. |
| unfreeman | someone who does not have the freedom of a corporation. |
| unwashed | (coll.) the lower classes > UNWASHEDS. |
| valvassor vavasor vavasour vavassor | a knight, noble etc. with vassals under him who is himself the vassal of a greater noble. |
| varna | any of the four great Hindu castes. |
| vicomte | in France, a noble equal in rank to a VISCOUNT. |
| vicomtesse | a female VICOMTE. |
| viscount | a British or Irish nobleman ranking between an EARL and a BARON. |
| viscountcy | the dignity or jurisdiction of a VISCOUNT. |
| viscounty | the quality, rank, or office of a viscount. |
| waldgrave wildgrave | a former German title of count; a head forest ranger. |
| waldgravine | the wife of a WALDGRAVE. |
| wildgrave | see WALDGRAVE. |
| yeoman | a member of a class of small farmers, usu freeholders, the next grade below gentlemen (often serving as foot soldiers) > YEOMEN, YEOMANLY. |
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