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- Dictionarypatrician/pəˈtrɪʃn/
noun
- 1. an aristocrat or nobleman.
adjective
- 1. belonging to or characteristic of the aristocracy: "a proud, patrician face"
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A patrician is a person of high birth or rank, or a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and related articles of patrician.
Patrician is an adjective meaning of or like a person of high social rank, or a noun meaning such a person. Learn more about its usage, origin and related words from Cambridge Dictionary.
A patrician is a person of noble or high rank, especially in ancient Rome or medieval Europe. Learn more about the origin, meaning, and usage of the word patrician, and see how it differs from irony and plebeian.
Patrician is an adjective or noun that means of or like a person of high social rank, especially in ancient Rome. Learn more about its usage, synonyms, and examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
A patrician is a person of high social rank or noble family, or someone who behaves in a sophisticated way. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms from Collins Dictionary.
befitting a person of noble origin. “a patrician nose”. synonyms: refined. (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel. adjective. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. “ patrician landholders of the American South”. “ patrician tastes”.
Patrician is a term for a privileged class of citizens in ancient Rome, who had exclusive control of some offices, priesthoods, and land. Learn about the origin, evolution, and decline of the patrician order, and the contrast with the plebeian class.
