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patrician

 
Adjective patrician has 2 senses
  1. patrician - of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire
    Antonyms:
    plebeian, proletarian, propertyless
  2. aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle, patrician - 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"
    Antonym: lowborn (indirect, via noble)
Noun patrician has 2 senses
  1. patrician - a person of refined upbringing and manners
    --1 is a kind of
    adult, grownup
  2. aristocrat, blue blood, patrician - a member of the aristocracy
    --2 is a kind of leader
    --2 is a member of nobility, aristocracy
    --2 has particulars:
     Baronet, Bart; brahman, brahmin; female aristocrat; Highness; male aristocrat; prince; princess; raja, rajah; rani, ranee
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