patrician
pat·ri·cian
adjective
1.
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
1.
a person of refined upbringing and manners
2.
a member of the aristocracy
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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