The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NOBLE
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More clues leading to the result NOBLE
- Peer shows no belief, oddly
- Lie that one’s missing following bean count?
- Bishop leaves to unfairly influence aristocrat
- Princely Valentino bleeding a little
- Magnanimous knight served up joint, with wife away
- Person of wealth, the Parisian aristocrat
- Lord’s not overlooking but lauding England’s openers
- Lord's swipe — one bye conceded
- Grand book stolen from dope?
- Not one Tory abandoning upper-class peer
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The straight part
We know that "aristocrat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case aristocrat = noble.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does NOBLE mean?
NOBLE noun- An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.
- A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d.
- Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.
- Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid.
- Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn.
- (of a polyhedron) Both isohedral and isogonal.