Patrician Definition & Meaning
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
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- What does patrician mean?
- 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" a person of refined upbringing and manners a member of the aristocracy
- What part of speech is patrician?
- Patrician is an adjective and a noun.
- How many definitions does patrician have?
- Patrician has 4 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).