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patrician 音標拼音: [pətr'ɪʃən] n. 貴族
a. 貴族的 貴族貴族的 patrician adj 1: befitting a person of noble origin; " a patrician nose" 2: 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" [ synonym: { aristocratic}, { aristocratical}, { blue}, { blue- blooded}, { gentle}, { patrician}] n 1: a person of refined upbringing and manners 2: a member of the aristocracy [ synonym: { aristocrat}, { blue blood}, { patrician}] Patrician \ Pa* tri" cian\, 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]
Patrician \ Pa* tri" cian\, 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] 60 Moby Thesaurus words for " patrician": Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, aristocratic, armiger, baron, baronet, blue blood, chivalrous, count, daimio, ducal, duke, earl, esquire, exalted, genteel, gentle, gentleman, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, high, kinglike, kingly, knightly, lace- curtain, ladylike, laird, landgrave, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico, margrave, marquis, noble, nobleman, of gentle blood, of rank, optimate, palsgrave, peer, princelike, princely, queenlike, queenly, quite the lady, seigneur, seignior, silk- stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, titled, upper- cruster, viscount, waldgrave
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