Belgravian

English Etymology From en Belgravia ian. Pronunciation en en-au-Belgravian.ogg AU Adjective Of or pertaining to Belgravia, London. en by extension Of or pertaining to the fashionable or aristocratic life; fashionable, aristocratic. en 1909 The Athenæum: A Journal of Literature, Science, The Fine Arts, Music, and The Drama http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4Bk5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22very+Belgravian%22&dq=%22very+Belgravian%22&hl=en&ei=905_TfGeE4mXcfeY9ewG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA 434 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. en 1929 Punch, or the London Charivari 176 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=dxEVAAAAIAAJ&q=%22most+Belgravian%22&dq=%22most+Belgravian%22&hl=en&ei=hVB_TaqSLNOOcdG7wP8G&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBA 258 and of course she has the most Belgravian connection, my dear she's ushered half the peerage onto the planet, so that what I don't know about the insides of the aristocracy and their habits in the home, Noun A resident of Belgravia, London. en by extension A member of the fashionable or aristocratic society assumed to reside in Belgravia. en 1862 London, and its Forms of Social Life The Boston Review 2 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4CrnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA102&dq=%22Belgravians%22&hl=en&ei=7VZ_TcaJHYW6ce2_gYAH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=29&ved=0CKsBEOgBMBw#v=onepage&q=%22Belgravians%22&f=false 102 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 Albert's fair to bear it ever in mind that London City is not London Town! en London