"aristo" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-aristo.ogg [Australia] Forms: aristos [plural]
Etymology: Shortening of aristocrat. Etymology templates: {{m|en|aristocrat}} aristocrat Head templates: {{en-noun}} aristo (plural aristos)
  1. (informal) An aristocrat. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-aristo-en-noun-sFTZzP1V
  2. (slang, Nigeria) A wealthy man, especially married, who has sexual affairs with much younger women and spends money on them. Tags: Nigeria, slang Synonyms (man who has sex with and spends money on younger women): sugar daddy
    Sense id: en-aristo-en-noun-EQAhWUWt Categories (other): Nigerian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of 'man who has sex with and spends money on younger women': 2 98

Inflected forms

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