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patrician
adj. noble, aristocratic
 
n. nobleman, aristocrat


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Patrician
This article is about the social and political class in ancient Rome. For other uses of the term, see patrician (disambiguation). The term "patrician" originally referred to a group of elite families in ancient Rome, including both their natural and adopted members. In the late Roman empire, the class was broadened to include high court officials.
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patrician
Noun
1. a person of refined upbringing and manners
(hypernym) adult, grownup
2. a member of the aristocracy
(synonym) aristocrat, blue blood
(hypernym) leader
(hyponym) Baronet, Bart
(member-holonym) nobility, aristocracy
Adjective
1. of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire
(antonym) plebeian
(see-also) noble
2. 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"
(synonym) aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle
(similar) noble


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Patrician
(n.)
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.
  
 
(n.)
One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore.
  
 
(n.)
A person of high birth; a nobleman.
  
 
(a.)
Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.
  
 
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.
  

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