(adj) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy, Syn.blue-blooded, aristocratical, patrician, gentle, blue, Example: 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
a. [ L. patricius, fr. patres fathers or senators, pl. of pater: cf. F. patricien. See Paternal. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian. [ 1913 Webster ]
Born in the patrician file of society. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. patricius: cf. F. patricien. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A person of high birth; a nobleman. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. [ R. ] Colridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
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