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PATRICIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of the aristocracy
Synonyms:
aristocrat; blue blood; patrician
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("patrician" is a kind of...):
leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "patrician"):
baronet; Bart (a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight)
brahman; brahmin (a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family))
female aristocrat (a woman who is an aristocrat)
Highness ((Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person)
male aristocrat (a man who is an aristocrat)
prince (a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign))
princess (a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign))
raja; rajah (a prince or king in India)
ranee; rani ((the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja)
Holonyms ("patrician" is a member of...):
aristocracy; nobility (a privileged class holding hereditary titles)
Derivation:
patrician (belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person of refined upbringing and manners
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("patrician" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Derivation:
patrician (belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
Example:
patrician tastes
Synonyms:
aristocratic; aristocratical; blue; blue-blooded; gentle; patrician
Classified under:
Similar:
noble (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times)
Derivation:
patrician (a member of the aristocracy)
patrician (a person of refined upbringing and manners)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Befitting a person of noble origin
Example:
a patrician nose
Classified under:
Similar:
refined ((used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel)
