Belgravian

Belgravian
a) Of or pertaining to Belgravia, London.

Many of the social figures in England, male and female, especially a very Belgravian mother, Lady Clarice, are deftly drawn ; but the coloured desperado, who fails in his attack on his brother, is a little crude.

b) Of or pertaining to the fashionable or aristocratic life; fashionable, aristocratic.

and of course she has the most Belgravian connection, my dear shes ushered half the peerage onto the planet, so that what I dont know about the insides of the aristocracy and their habits in the home,

2. noun
A resident of Belgravia, London; by extension a member of the fashionable or aristocratic society assumed to reside in Belgravia.

The haughty Belgravians, the aristocracy of rank, are greatly shocked at the bad manners of the aristocracy of wealth, the Barings and Rothschilds of the city, and earnestly entreat all "respectable" strangers at Prince Alberts fair to bear it ever in mind that London City is not London Town!


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