English to English adjective
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Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
2 |
befitting a person of noble origin | Example:
• a patrician nose
source: wordnet30
3 |
belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | Example:
• 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
source: wordnet30 noun
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a person of refined upbringing and manners | source: wordnet30
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a member of the aristocracy | source: wordnet30
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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. | source: webster1913
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