Associations to the word «Patrician»

PATRICIAN, noun. (antiquity) 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 senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.

PATRICIAN, noun. A person of high birth; a nobleman.

PATRICIAN, noun. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.

PATRICIAN, adjective. Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.

PATRICIAN, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.

PATRICIAN, adjective. Of or relating to Saint Patrick.

PATRICIAN, noun. A person of refined upbringing and manners.

PATRICIAN, noun. A member of the aristocracy.

PATRICIAN, adjective. Befitting a person of noble origin; "a patrician nose".

PATRICIAN, adjective. Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "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".