'Patrician' definitions:
Definition of 'patrician'
From: WordNet
adjective
Befitting a person of noble origin; "a patrician nose"
adjective
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, patrician]
noun
A person of refined upbringing and manners
noun
A member of the aristocracy [syn: aristocrat, blue blood, patrician]
Definition of 'Patrician'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian. [1913 Webster]
- Born in the patrician file of society. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Patrician'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A person of high birth; a nobleman. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. [R.] --Colridge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'patrician'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- archduke,
- aristocrat,
- aristocratic,
- armiger,
- baron,
- baronet,
- blue blood,
- Brahman,
- 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