patrician

pa·tri·cian / pətrɪʃən / Pronunciation key Audiobase: en fr cs chi

WordNet Lexical Database v3.0

noun

adjective

belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
"an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"
aristocratic aristocratical blue blue-blooded gentle patrician
befitting a person of noble origin
"a patrician nose"
patrician

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

adjective

Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.
Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.

noun

A person of high birth; a nobleman.
One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore.
Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility.

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Wiktionary

(noun) Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Rome/Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.
(noun) A person of high birth; a nobleman.
(noun) One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore.
(adjective) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.
(adjective) Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.

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