Aristocracy
41Labor aristocracy — (or aristocracy of labor ) has three meanings: as a term with Marxist theoretical underpinnings, as a specific type of trade unionism, and/or as a shorthand description by revolutionary industrial unions (such as the Industrial Workers of the… …
42Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy — The Byzantine Empire had a complex system of aristocracy and bureaucracy, which was inherited from the Roman Empire. At the apex of the pyramid stood the Emperor, sole ruler and divinely ordained, but beneath him a multitude of officials and… …
43labour aristocracy — A concept developed by Friedrich Engels to designate an upper section of the working class which was in receipt of higher wages and hence liable to be bribed into a surrender of its class interests. The money for this payment was, in Lenin s… …
44codfish aristocracy — noun 1. : the social aristocracy of the Massachusetts families enriched from the trade in codfish 2. : an especially parvenu aristocracy based on commercial success …
45The Resurrection of Aristocracy — is a book by Rudolph Carlyle Evans. The publisher described it thus: His book is a call for a new feudalism where a warrior elite will dominate the masses without apology. It was published by Loompanics Unlimited in 1988, ISBN 0 915179 71… …
46bunyip aristocracy — noun A peerage (hypothetical or proposed) in Australia. The term is used scornfully for such a scheme. 1853: we all know the common water mole was transferred into the duck billed platypus, and in some distant emulation of this degeneration, I… …
47bunyip aristocracy — /bʌnjəp ærəsˈtɒkrəsi/ (say bunyuhp aruhs tokruhsee) noun (derogatory) Australians who consider themselves to be aristocrats. {coined by Daniel Deniehy, 1828–65, member of NSW parliament 1857–59, in response to WC Wentworth s proposal for a new… …
48Nobile (aristocracy) — Royal and noble ranks Emperor Empress King Queen Viceroy Vicereine …
49codfish aristocracy — any pretentious, newly rich people. Based on the Boston nouveau riche of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries who made their money in the cod fisheries …
50Landed Aristocracy — See Junkers …
