as in aristocratic
of high birth, rank, or station
came from a patrician family
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as in aristocrat
a man or woman of high birth or social position
the Southern patricians who once resided in these stately plantation homes
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Recent Examples of patrician
The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
His patrician forehead crinkles, and the brown eyes charmingly plead: Forgive me!
—Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
There are dashes of class criticism mixed into the proceedings, largely with the Ravenscroft family, though nothing beyond light reference to Robert’s patrician background.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Whether the expression had taken root in some patrician quarters by the time Momand penned his satire is moot.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
His patrician forehead crinkles, and the brown eyes charmingly plead: Forgive me!
—Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
Noun
Once upon a time, a doddering old man spoke of a dream about a united city in this empire’s capital, where every man, woman, and child could walk its streets and live a good life regardless of their patrician or plebeian birthright.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
There are dashes of class criticism mixed into the proceedings, largely with the Ravenscroft family, though nothing beyond light reference to Robert’s patrician background.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
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Emigrating is the first thing she’s ever accomplished on her own, without Spencer or her aristocratic privilege to help her (at least, not that much).—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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Maybe the aristocratic lifestyle has allowed Roquefort to luxuriate in gender apathy.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But far and away the highlight was Mikey Day’s British aristocrat Lord Gaga, husband of Lady.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
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Who is Lord Ivar Mountbatten? Lord Ivar Mountbatten, 61, is a British aristocrat and geologist from London best known as the second cousin of King Charles III.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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Up to 4,000 years ago in the Yellow River Valley, craftspeople were smelting tin, copper and lead into bronze goblets, and Shang dynasty nobles drank rice wine from these ornate cups.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2025
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In one, the Boston commoners Barney and Ann Smith might as well be English nobles for all the red drapery surrounding them.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Patrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrician. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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