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patrician noun [ pəˈtrɪʃ(ə)n ]

• an aristocrat or nobleman.
Similar: aristocrat, grandee, noble, nobleman, noblewoman, lord, lady, peer, peeress, peer of the realm, titled man/woman/person, landowner, landowning class, landed gentry/aristocracy, top person, nob, rah, chinless wonder,

patrician adjective

• belonging to or characteristic of the aristocracy.
• "a proud, patrician face"
Similar: aristocratic, noble, noble-born, of noble birth, titled, blue-blooded, high-born, well born, upper-class, elite, landowning, landed, county, upmarket, upper-crust, top-drawer, huntin', shootin', and fishin', gentle, of gentle birth,
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French patricien, from Latin patricius ‘having a noble father’, from pater, patr- ‘father’.


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