patrician
4
8.6
- adjective
- /pəˈtrɪʃən/
:
patricio
- He carried himself with a patrician grace that set him apart from the rest of his peers.
- patrician family
Examples
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The dowries endowing daughters from patrician families attest to the access to imported fineries and large sums of cash.
Academic text (1993) -
In contrast to Canon Armstrong, he was more patrician and steely than ever.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her features were patrician, her figure tall and elegant, even in pregnancy.
Fiction book (1992) -
But Carla had already seen a certain look in his patrician eyes.
Fiction book (1992) -
Leslie's father was a handsome man, patrician and intellectual.
Fiction book (1998) -
Kevin pushed his horn-rimmed glasses higher on the bridge of his patrician nose.
Fiction book (1998) -
They spoke with these patrician languid accents.
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"Sir Robert's gaunt, patrician features were pinched with distaste.
Fiction book (1993) -
His patrician face grimly intent, Adam knelt down and peered into the grave itself.
Fiction book (1991) -
Bevan's aura was indeed like that of the patrician Whig adored by Edinburgh reviewers, Charles James Fox.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
128
4.4
Being from a high social family by birth
71
4.6
Calm and serious in a way that shows self respect and gets respect from others
20
5.8
Showing elegant, expensive style that makes someone seem richer or more important
19
7.2
Like people from rich, important families who have high social rank
17
9.1
Born into a noble family
14
7.7
Polite and elegant in a way that tries to impress others
6
7.2
Polite and elegant like people at a royal court
4
4.1
Showing elegant, polite manners and good taste
2
6.0
Show great dignity and generosity like royalty
1
8.2
A person who comes from a royal or noble family and has high social rank
1
8.5
Large and impressive, like a lord's old house or small castle
1
7.4
A person from a noble or wealthy family with polite, refined manners
1
9.3
Showing the attitude of a rich person who thinks they are better than others
Belonging to the noble class and showing their manners and style
A person who comes from a rich or upper-class family
Having the style and manners of the upper class
Antonyms
How Aristocratic
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word patrician comes from the Latin patricius, from patres 'fathers', the old ruling families of Rome. That's why when someone has a patrician manner, they seem refined, noble, or clearly from the upper class.