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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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The meaning of PATRICIAN is a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome. How to use patrician in a sentence. Did you know?
noun [ C ] formal uk / pəˈtrɪʃ. ə n / us / pəˈtrɪʃ. ə n / a person of high social rank: He nodded firmly, acknowledging the presence of a fellow patrician. Synonym. aristocrat. More examples.
a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat. a person of very good background, education, and refinement. a member of the original senatorial aristocracy in ancient Rome. (under the later Roman and Byzantine empires) a title or dignity conferred by the emperor.
noun [ C ] formal us / pəˈtrɪʃ. ə n / uk / pəˈtrɪʃ. ə n / a person of high social rank: He nodded firmly, acknowledging the presence of a fellow patrician. Synonym. aristocrat. More examples.
noun. 1. a member of the hereditary aristocracy of ancient Rome. In the early republic the patricians held almost all the higher offices. Compare plebs (sense 2) 2. a high nonhereditary title awarded by Constantine and his eastern Roman successors for services to the empire. 3. (in medieval Europe) a.
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, any member of a group of citizen families who, in contrast with the plebeian (q.v.) class, formed a privileged class in early Rome. The origin of the class remains obscure, but the patricians were probably leaders of the more important families or clans who formed the major part, if not.
