Patrician

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Patrician \Pa*tri"cian\, a. [L. patricius, fr. patres fathers or
     senators, pl. of pater: cf. F. patricien. See {Paternal}.]
     1. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres
        (fathers) or senators, or patricians.
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     2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high
        birth; noble; not plebeian.
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              Born in the patrician file of society. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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              His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood.
                                                    --Addison.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Patrician \Pa*tri"cian\, n. [L. patricius: cf. F. patricien.]
     1. (Rom. Antiq.) 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.
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     2. A person of high birth; a nobleman.
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     3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one
        versed in patristic lore. [R.] --Colridge.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  patrician
       adj 1: of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient
              Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the
              Byzantine empire [ant: {plebeian}, {proletarian}]
       2: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
          aristocracy; "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" [syn: {aristocratic}, {aristocratical},
           {blue}, {blue-blooded}, {gentle}]
       n 1: a person of refined upbringing and manners
       2: a member of the aristocracy [syn: {aristocrat}, {blue blood}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "patrician":
     Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, aristocratic, armiger, baron,
     baronet, blue blood, chivalrous, count, daimio, ducal, duke, earl,
     esquire, exalted, genteel, gentle, gentleman, gentlemanlike,
     gentlemanly, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, high, kinglike, kingly,
     knightly, lace-curtain, ladylike, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling,
     magnate, magnifico, margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman,
     of gentle blood, of rank, optimate, palsgrave, peer, princelike,
     princely, queenlike, queenly, quite the lady, seigneur, seignior,
     silk-stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, titled, upper-cruster,
     viscount, waldgrave