patrician

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (Ancient-Rome) 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 senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.
2. A person of high birth; a nobleman.
3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.

Adj

1. Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (“fathers”) or senators, or patricians.
2. Of or pertaining to a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian; aristocratic.
3. Characteristic of or appropriate to a person of high birth; classy.
4. Politically active to help people in lower classes, especially in a patronizing or condescending way.

Concepten

patriciër

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aristokraat

aristocraat

edelman

edele

patricisch

Synoniemen

aristocrat

noble

blue blood

wellborn

peer

nobleman

gentleman

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aristocratic

aristocratical

gentle

blue

blue-blooded

polite

soulful

thoroughbred

upper-class

urbane

well mannered

male aristocrat

civil

courteous

courtly

debonair

gallant

genteel

gentlemanly

gracious

high

ladylike

lordly

Vertalingen

aristocrata

nobile

aristócrata

aristocratico

aristocrate

asilzade

Aristokrat

patrizio

αριστοκράτησ

soylu

aristokrat

Patrizier

نبيل

patricio

πατρίκιος

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/pətɹˈɪʃən/

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius, derived from patrēs cōnscrīptī (“Roman senators”).