patrician
Other forms: patricians
That refined gentleman over there with the excellent manners, the elegant suit, and the beautiful home on Park Avenue? He’s a patrician, a member of the upper classes.
In ancient Rome, the word patrician referred to members of the aristocracy, but its meaning has evolved to include those who belong to the upper classes. The adjective form of patrician describes things that are associated with the upper class, like a patrician assumption that all children should go to boarding school. Someone who enjoys refined dinners might be described as having patrician taste.
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a person of refined upbringing and manners
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a member of the aristocracysynonyms: aristocrat, blue bloodtypes:brahman, brahmina member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)female aristocrata woman who is an aristocratHighness(Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal personmale aristocrata man who is an aristocratprincea male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)princessa female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)archduchessa wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austriaarchdukea sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austriacrown princea male heir apparent to a thronecrown princessa female heir apparent to a thronedauphinformerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the thronegrand dukea prince who rules a territoryknightoriginally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal meritElectorany of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empireprince consorta prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereignprincelinga young princeprincelinga petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principalityPrince of Walesthe male heir apparent of the British sovereignprincess royalthe eldest daughter of a British sovereignqueenthe wife or widow of a kingSira title used before the name of knight or baronettype of:leadera person who rules or guides or inspires others
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befitting a person of noble origin“a patrician nose”synonyms:refined(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
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belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy“patrician landholders of the American South”“patrician tastes”synonyms: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentlenobleof or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
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