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English Dictionary: patrician	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for patrician
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patrician adj befitting a person of noble origin; "a patrician nose" 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" Synonym(s): aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician n a person of refined upbringing and manners a member of the aristocracy Synonym(s): aristocrat, blue blood, patrician
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Patrician \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.
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.