aristocracy (n.)
- ancestry
- archbishopric
- autarchy
- autocracy
- autonomy
- baronage
- baronetage
- birth
- bishopric
- blood
- chairmanship
- chancellery
- chancellorship
- chieftaincy
- chieftainship
- chivalry
- colonialism
- commonwealth
- consulate
- consulship
- county
- cream
- deanery
- democracy
- dictatorship
- directorship
- distinction
- dyarchy
- elect
- elite
- emirate
- episcopacy
- establishment
- federation
- flower
- genteelness
- gentility
- gentry
- gerontocracy
- governorship
- headship
- hegemony
- hierarchy
- hierocracy
- leadership
- lordship
- magistracy
- magistrature
- mastership
- mastery
- mayoralty
- meritocracy
- militarism
- mobocracy
- monarchy
- neocolonialism
- nobility
- nobleness
- noblesse
- ochlocracy
- oligarchy
- overlapping
- papacy
- patriarchate
- patriarchy
- peerage
- pontificate
- prefecture
- premiership
- presidency
- presidentship
- princedom
- principality
- proconsulate
- proconsulship
- protectorate
- protectorship
- quality
- rank
- rectorate
- rectorship
- regency
- republic
- royalty
- seigniory
- self-determination
- self-government
- sheikhdom
- society
- stratocracy
- suzerainty
- technocracy
- theocracy
- triarchy
- triumvirate
- tyranny
- uppercut
- viziership
Napoleon's troops fought in bright fields, where every helmet caught some gleams of glory; but the British soldier conquered under the cool shade of aristocracy. No honours awaited his daring, no despatch gave his name to the applauses of his countrymen; his life of danger and hardship was uncheered by hope, his death unnoticed.
