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patrician::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aristocrat, blue blood |
| Type of | leader |
| Has types | rani, baronet, bart, brahman, brahmin, female aristocrat, highness, rajah, raja, ranee, male aristocrat, prince, princess |
patrician::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle |
patrician landholders of the American South.
patrician tastes.
patrician::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|
a patrician nose.
Examples of patrician
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Mr Cameron may just have turned his patrician background into an election issue.
From the economist.com
No connection to patrician families of the Roman Republic has been demonstrated.
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Stefano Colonna, also a patrician but inclined to support Rienzi, prevents them.
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The patrician and courteous Ratan Tata has been chairman of the group since 1991.
From the businessweek.com
He is also not a white patrician who can play the class card the way FDR could.
From the economist.com
Enter patrician Will with the highly-polished shoes, who yearns to be a writer.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Patrician readings by Yo-Yo Ma of the cello literature's most challenging test.
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Siding with the Guelphs were one of the patrician families of Genoa-the Grimaldi.
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Alberto's son, Eldizio, bore the titles patrician and consul from 1184 to 1185.
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- A person of refined upbringing and manners
- Befitting a person of noble origin; "a patrician nose"
- Aristocratic: 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"; " ...
- Patricianship, the quality of belonging to a patriciate, began in the ancient world, where cities such as Ancient Rome had a class of patrician families whose members were the only people allowed to exercise many political functions. ...
- The Patrician is the title of a series of historical trading simulation computer games for the PC, Amiga and Atari ST published by Ascaron Entertainment. ...
- (Patricius (butterfly)) Albulina is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
- Flavius Patricius (Greek: u03A0u03B1u03C4u03C1u03AFu03BAu03B9u03BFu03C2, died after 519) was a prominent East Roman (Byzantine) general and statesman during the reign of Byzantine emperor Anastasius I (r. 491u2013518).
- 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 the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had ...
- (Patricians) Hereditary ruling elite in early period of Roman republic.
