Definitions for patrician

Definitions for (noun) patrician

Main entry: aristocrat, patrician, blue blood

Definition: a member of the aristocracy


Main entry: patrician

Definition: a person of refined upbringing and manners


Definitions for (adj) patrician

Main entry: patrician, gentle, blue, blue-blooded, aristocratic, aristocratical

Definition: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

Usage: 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


Main entry: patrician

Definition: befitting a person of noble origin

Usage: a patrician nose


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