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Patrician

Patrician Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Patrician? [n] a member of the aristocracy [n] a person of refined upbringing and manners [adj] of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire [adj] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Patrician: aristocrat \| aristocratic \| aristocratical \| blue \| blue blood \| blue-blooded \| gentle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Patrician: archduke \| aristocrat \| aristocratic \| armiger \| baron \| baronet \| blue blood \| Brahman \| chivalrous \| count \| daimio \| ducal \| duke \| earl \| esquire \| exalted \| genteel \| gentle \| gentleman \| gentlemanlike \| gentlemanly \| grand duke \| grandee \| hidalgo \| high \| kinglike \| kingly \| knightly \| lace-curtain \| ladylike \| laird \| landgrave \| lord \| lordling \| magnate \| magnifico \| margrave \| marquis \| noble \| nobleman \| of gentle blood \| of rank \| optimate \| palsgrave \| peer \| princelike \| princely \| queenlike \| queenly \| quite the lady \| seigneur \| seignior \| silk-stocking \| squire \| swell \| thoroughbred \| titled \| upper-cruster \| viscount \| waldgrave See Also \| adult \| aristocracy \| Baronet \| Bart \| Brahman \| Brahmin \| female aristocrat \| grownup \| Highness \| leader \| male aristocrat \| nobility \| noble \| prince \| princess \| raja \| rajah \| ranee \| rani Patrician In Webster's Dictionary \Patri"cian\, a. [L. patricius, fr. patres fathers or senators, pl. of pater: cf. F. patricien. See {Paternal}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. 2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian. Born in the patrician file of society. --Sir W. Scott. His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood. --Addison. \Patri"cian\, n. [L. patricius: cf. F. patricien.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) 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. 2. A person of high birth; a nobleman. 3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. [R.] --Colridge.

Patrician Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Patrician?

[n] a member of the aristocracy
[n] a person of refined upbringing and manners
[adj] of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire
[adj] 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"

Patrician In Webster's Dictionary

\Pa*tri"cian\, a. [L. patricius, fr. patres fathers or
senators, pl. of pater: cf. F. patricien. See {Paternal}.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres
   (fathers) or senators, or patricians.

2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high
   birth; noble; not plebeian.

         Born in the patrician file of society. --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

         His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood.
                                               --Addison.


\Pa*tri"cian\, n. [L. patricius: cf. F. patricien.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) 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.

2. A person of high birth; a nobleman.

3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one
   versed in patristic lore. [R.] --Colridge.

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