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patrician
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adjective (a)
- Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a person of refined upbringing and manners(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- befitting a person of noble origin(adj.all)Example:
A patrician nose.
source: wordnet30 - belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy(adj.all)Example:
Patrician landholders of the American South.
Patrician tastes.
source: wordnet30
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