Canadian English Meaning of patrician

patrician

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Definitions and Meaning of patrician in English

Wordnet

patrician (n)

a person of refined upbringing and manners

a member of the aristocracy

Wordnet

patrician (s)

befitting a person of noble origin

belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

Webster

patrician (a.)

Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.

Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.

Webster

patrician (n.)

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.

A person of high birth; a nobleman.

One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore.

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patrician

a person of refined upbringing and manners, a member of the aristocracy, befitting a person of noble origin, belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or a

aristocratic,blue-blooded,genteel,gentle,Grand,swell,Highborn,noble,Upper class,upper crust

common,humble,ignoble,inferior,Low,Working class,humble,mean,plebian,baseborn

patricentric => patrilineal, patriarchy => patriarchy, patriarchship => patriarchy, patriarchism => Patriarchy, patriarchic => patriarchal,