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Meaning of 'Patrician'
Meaning of 'Patrician' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Patrician 
[ a.]
- Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or
senators, or patricians. [ a.]- Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.
2. 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.]- A person of high birth; a nobleman.
- One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore.
Meaning of 'Patrician' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. patrician [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- befitting a person of noble origin
- befitting a person of noble origin
Example in sentence:
- a patrician nose
Meaning (2):
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
Example in sentence:
- a blue family;
- an aristocratic family;
- aristocratic bearing;
- aristocratic Bostonians;
- aristocratic features;
- aristocratic government;
- blue blood;
- of gentle blood;
- patrician landholders of the American South;
- patrician tastes;
- the blue-blooded aristocracy
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