patrician

pa·tri·cian  (p-trshn)

n.

1. A person of refined upbringing, manners, and tastes.

2. A member of an aristocracy; an aristocrat.

3. A member of one of the noble families of the ancient Roman Republic, which before the third century b.c. had exclusive rights to the Senate and the magistracies.

4. Used as a title for members of a class of honorary nobility appointed by the Byzantine emperors.

5. A member of the hereditary ruling class in the medieval free cities of Italy and Germany.

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[Middle English patricion, from Old French patricien, from Latin patricius, from patrs (cnscrpt), enrolled fathers, senators, pl. of pater, patr-, father; see pter- in Indo-European roots.]

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pa·trician adj.

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patrician

Noun

1. a member of the nobility of ancient Rome

2. an aristocrat

3. a person of refined conduct and tastes

Adjective

1. (in ancient Rome) of or relating to patricians

2. aristocratic [Latin patricius noble]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	patrician - a person of refined upbringing and manners adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward
	2.	patrician - a member of the aristocracy aristocrat, blue blood aristocracy, nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others baronet, Bart - a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight; "since he was a baronet he had to be addressed as Sir Henry Jones, Bart." brahman, brahmin - a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston brahman" female aristocrat - a woman who is an aristocrat Highness - (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person male aristocrat - a man who is an aristocrat prince - a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign) princess - a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) raja, rajah - a prince or king in India ranee, rani - (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja
Adj.	1.	patrician - befitting a person of noble origin; "a patrician nose" refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
	2.	patrician - 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-blooded, gentle, blue noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"

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patrician

noun 1. aristocrat, peer, noble, nobleman, aristo (informal)

adjective 2. aristocratic, noble, lordly, high-class, blue-blooded, highborn