Patrician
Pa`tri´cian
| a. | 1. | (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. |
| 2. | Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian. | |
| n. | 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. |
| 2. | A person of high birth; a nobleman. | |
| 3. | One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. |
| Noun | 1. | patrician - a person of refined upbringing and manners |
| 2. |  patrician - a member of the aristocracySynonyms: aristocrat, blue blood | |
| Adj. | 1. | patrician - of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire Antonyms: plebeian - of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate" proletarian, propertyless - the lowest class of citizens of ancient Rome who had no property |
| 2. | patrician - 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" |