patrician

Noun
  1. A person of refined upbringing and manners (synset 110426850)
    is a type of: adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward
  2. A member of the aristocracy (synset 109827177)
    is a type of: leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others
    subtypes:
    • 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
    belongs to: aristocracy, nobility - a privileged class holding hereditary titles
    same as: aristocrat, blue blood
Adjective
  1. Befitting a person of noble origin (synset 301955670)
    "a patrician nose"
    similar to: refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
  2. Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy (synset 301594891)
    "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"
    similar to: noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
    same as: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle

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