| Patrician 1. (n.) A person of refined or aristocratic upbringing; 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. 2. (a.) of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. 3. (a.) Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian. 4. (n.) A person of high birth; a nobleman. 5. (n.) One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. Thesaurus Entries 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 |