The definition of a patrician is a noble person or a person who has a respected social status.
(noun)A member of the royal family is an example of someone who is patrician.
Patrician is defined as someone belonging to or related to a royal, noble or wealthy family.
(adjective)Someone who is very well-to-do and who attends private schools throughout his childhood is an example of someone who would be described as having a patrician upbringing.
See patrician in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME patricion < MFr patricien < L patricius < patres, senators, lit., fathers, pl. of pater, father
adjective
Origin: MFr patricien
See patrician in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English patricion
Origin: , from Old French patricien
Origin: , from Latin patricius
Origin: , from patrēs (cōnscrīptī), enrolled fathers, senators
Origin: , pl. of pater, patr-, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots
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