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    PATRICIAN

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A member of the aristocracyplay

    Synonyms:

    aristocrat; blue blood; patrician

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("patrician" is a kind of...):

    leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "patrician"):

    baronet; Bart (a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight)

    brahman; brahmin (a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family))

    female aristocrat (a woman who is an aristocrat)

    Highness ((Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person)

    male aristocrat (a man who is an aristocrat)

    prince (a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign))

    princess (a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign))

    raja; rajah (a prince or king in India)

    ranee; rani ((the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja)

    Holonyms ("patrician" is a member of...):

    aristocracy; nobility (a privileged class holding hereditary titles)

    Derivation:

    patrician (belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A person of refined upbringing and mannersplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("patrician" is a kind of...):

    adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)

    Derivation:

    patrician (belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracyplay

    Example:

    patrician tastes

    Synonyms:

    aristocratic; aristocratical; blue; blue-blooded; gentle; patrician

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    noble (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times)

    Derivation:

    patrician (a member of the aristocracy)

    patrician (a person of refined upbringing and manners)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Befitting a person of noble originplay

    Example:

    a patrician nose

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    refined ((used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel)

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