貴族|きぞくkizoku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. no-adjectivenobility; aristocracy; peerage
   彼かれは貴族きぞくの出でである。↗

   He springs from a noble family.

• Synonym華族かぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Japan's titled nobility of 1869–1947, abolished after the war; once also a name for the Seika house of court nobles. 「貴族」 spans any era or country.
• Synonym貴人きじんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A person of noble standing, focusing on the individual. 「貴族」 usually means a family or class, and can figuratively mean someone with privileges.
• Synonym貴族階級きぞくかいきゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose. The nobility as a whole social class, fitting social or historical narration. 「貴族」 can mean an individual or, figuratively, someone with luxuries.
• RelatedアリストクラシーWrittenWritten/formal prose. A loanword for the aristocratic class and for aristocracy as a political system, mostly in academic writing. In everyday speech, say 「貴族」.
• RelatedジェントリーWrittenWritten/formal prose. A loanword for the British gentry, the landowning class below the nobility; not the same as 「貴族」. Found mainly in history books.
• Related雲上人うんじょうびとWrittenWritten/formal prose. Originally nobles attending the imperial court; broadly, people of very high, unattainable status, with an archaic elegance. Usually say 「貴族」.
• Antonym平民へいみんNeutralNeutral. Ordinary people with no official rank or title, opposite to 「貴族」 in status; also a class name in the Meiji era.
• Antonym庶民しょみんNeutralNeutral. Ordinary folk, stressing an ordinary daily life, as in 「庶民の味」; opposite to 「貴族」 in social standing.

Use 「貴族」 for a family or class holding status privileges, and figuratively for someone with luxuries, as in 「独身貴族」. For Japan's modern titled nobility say 「華族」; for an individual of high standing, 「貴人」. The opposites are 「平民」 and 「庶民」.

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1. 家柄いえがらや身分みぶんなどが貴とうとく、社会的しゃかいてき・政治的せいじてきな特権とっけんを持もつ者ものや一族いちぞく。
2. 経済的けいざいてき・時間的じかんてき余裕よゆうなど、何なんらかの特権とっけんを持もつ者もののたとえ。