Meaning Of The Word Patrician

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patrician
adjective: If you describe someone as patrician, you mean that they behave in a sophisticated way, and look as though they are from a high social rank.
countable noun: A patrician is a person who comes from a family of high social rank.

patrician in American English
in ancient Rome
of or characteristic of patricians
adjective: of high social rank or noble family; aristocratic
noun: a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat

patrician in British English
adjective: (esp in ancient Rome) of, relating to, or composed of patricians
noun: a member of the hereditary aristocracy of ancient Rome. In the early republic the patricians held almost all the higher offices

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