patrician

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

aristocrata

nobile

aristocratico

aristócrata

aristocrate

Aristokrat

asilzade

patrizio

patriciër

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aristokrat

αριστοκράτησ

aristokraat

Patrizier

نبيل

soylu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pətɹˈɪʃən/

Etymology

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