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patrician

[ puh-trish-uhn ]

noun

  1. a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
  2. a person of very good background, education, and refinement.
  3. a member of the original senatorial aristocracy in ancient Rome.
  4. (under the later Roman and Byzantine empires) a title or dignity conferred by the emperor.
  5. a member of a hereditary ruling class in certain medieval German, Swiss, and Italian free cities.


adjective

  1. of high social rank or noble family; aristocratic.
  2. befitting or characteristic of persons of very good background, education, and refinement:

    patrician tastes.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. of or belonging to the patrician families of ancient Rome.

patrician

/ 辫蓹藞迟谤瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. a member of the hereditary aristocracy of ancient Rome. In the early republic the patricians held almost all the higher offices Compare plebs
  2. a high nonhereditary title awarded by Constantine and his eastern Roman successors for services to the empire
  3. in medieval Europe
    1. a title borne by numerous princes including several emperors from the 8th to the 12th centuries
    2. a member of the upper class in numerous Italian republics and German free cities
  4. an aristocrat
  5. a person of refined conduct, tastes, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. (esp in ancient Rome) of, relating to, or composed of patricians
  2. aristocratic
  3. oligarchic and often antidemocratic or nonpopular

    patrician political views

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of patrician1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; from Latin 辫补迟谤墨肠颈(耻蝉) 鈥渉aving the rank of patrician, noble,鈥 (equivalent to patr-, stem of pater 鈥渇ather鈥 + -墨肠颈耻蝉 adjective suffix) + -an; replacing late Middle English patricion, from Old French patricien; patr- ( def ), -itious ( def ), -an ( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of patrician1

C15: from Old French patricien, from Latin patricius noble, from pater father
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He鈥檚 one of those sci-fi characters whose normal Earthman name distinguishes him as a plebe among patricians.

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Cutler was struck by how Stewart鈥檚 experiences differed from the 鈥渃hildhood of privilege and formality鈥 he had imagined, based on her patrician image.

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A man who favored ascots, skeet shooting and jumping horses, Biden Sr. at times lived a more patrician lifestyle than his son鈥檚 folksy, working-man tales might suggest.

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Her Clarissa was patrician yet superficial, though partial blame rests with the libretto, in which every other word of hers is 鈥渇lowers鈥 or 鈥減arty.鈥

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Plenty of people have caught Gielgud鈥檚 distinctively fluty voice and patrician air, but Gatiss was the emotional anchor of a play that connected with audiences who may have had no idea who Gielgud even was.

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