Patrician Definition
patrician
adjective
- befitting a person of noble origin; "a patrician nose"
- 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"
noun
- a person of refined upbringing and manners
- a member of the aristocracy
"Patrician" in song lyrics
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"the patrician"
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