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Definitions for Patrician
[1] a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
[2] a person of very good background, education, and refinement.
[3] a member of the original senatorial aristocracy in ancient Rome.
[4] (under the later Roman and Byzantine empires) a title or dignity conferred by the emperor.
[5] a member of a hereditary ruling class in certain medieval German, Swiss, and Italian free cities.
[6] of high social rank or noble family; aristocratic.
[7] befitting or characteristic of persons of very good background, education, and refinement: patrician tastes.
[8] of or belonging to the patrician families of ancient Rome.
[9] a member of the hereditary aristocracy of ancient Rome. In the early republic the patricians held almost all the higher offices Compare plebs (def. 2)
[10] a high nonhereditary title awarded by Constantine and his eastern Roman successors for services to the empire
[11] (in medieval Europe) a title borne by numerous princes including several emperors from the 8th to the 12th centuries a member of the upper class in numerous Italian republics and German free cities
[12] an aristocrat
[13] a person of refined conduct, tastes, etc
[14] (esp in ancient Rome) of, relating to, or composed of patricians
[15] aristocratic
[16] oligarchic and often antidemocratic or nonpopular patrician political views
Words related to Patrician
aristocratic, noble, royal, grand, aristocrat, peer, gentle, high-class, highborn, wellborn, gentleperson
Words nearby Patrician
patriarchate, patriarchs, patriarchy, patriate, patricia, patrician, patriciate, patricide, patrick, patrick's test, patrick, saint
Origin of Patrician
1400–50; < Latin patrici(us ) patrician (pat(e)r FATHER + -icius adj. suffix) + -AN; replacing late Middle English patricion < Old French patricien
Other words from Patrician
pa·tri·cian·hood , pa·tri·cian·ship , noun
pa·tri·cian·ism , noun
pa·tri·cian·ly , adverb
pre·pa·tri·cian , adjective
un·pa·tri·cian , adjective
Word origin for Patrician
C15: from Old French patricien, from Latin patricius noble, from pater father
Synonyms for Patrician
aristocratic, grand, noble, royal, blue-blooded, gentle, high-class, highborn, wellborn