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patrician |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Patrician \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Patrician \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: patrician adj 1: of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire [ant: {plebeian}, {proletarian}] 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" [syn: {aristocratic}, {aristocratical}, {blue}, {blue-blooded}, {gentle}] n 1: a person of refined upbringing and manners 2: a member of the aristocracy [syn: {aristocrat}, {blue blood}]
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