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patrician

pat·ri·cian

UK/pəˈtɹɪʃən/ US/pʌˈtrɪʃʌn/ uncommon

adjective

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”

noun

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius, derived from patrēs cōnscrīptī (“Roman senators”). May also have been derived from Latin patricius + -ian

Phrases

  • patrician blue

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