Brahman ancestry archduke aristocracy aristocrat aristocraticalness armiger baron baronet birth blood carnage count daimio distinction duke earl elite esquire flower genteelness gentility gentleman gentry grand duke grandee hidalgo honorable descent lace-curtain laird landgrave lord lordling magnate magnifico margrave marquis nobility noble noble birth nobleman nobleness optimate palsgrave patrician peer quality rank royalty seigneur seignior silk-stocking society squire swell thoroughbred upper class upper-cruster viscount waldgrave