patrician

Meanings

Plural: patricians

Noun

• a person of refined upbringing and manners
• a member of the aristocracy
• 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.
• A person of high birth; a nobleman.
• One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.

Adjective Satellite

• befitting a person of noble origin
  • "a patrician nose"
• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
  • "patrician landholders of the American South"
  • "patrician tastes"

Adj

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

Synonyms

aristocrat, aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue blood, blue-blooded, gentle

Related Words

father, matrician, patriarch, Patricia, patron, pattern

Anagrams of patrician