- Government by the best citizens. - A ruling body composed of the best citizens. - A form a government, in which the supreme power is
vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order;
an oligarchy. - The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged
class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as
superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or
intellect.
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