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
Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
Allow me one last gasp of my assimilation into patrician ways of old.
—Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2021
Bobby, as he was known, was born into a life of patrician privilege.
—Teddy Wayne, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
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Adjective
His patrician forehead crinkles, and the brown eyes charmingly plead: Forgive me!
—Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
Allow me one last gasp of my assimilation into patrician ways of old.
—Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
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Cyrus Vance, Carter’s patrician secretary of state, called for a coalition government between the shah and his opponents, which Khomeini curtly rejected.
—Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2021
Bobby, as he was known, was born into a life of patrician privilege.
—Teddy Wayne, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
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But red is also the color of the tunic of cardinals, as well as the velvet cloaks worn throughout history by the great aristocratic families.Laura Tortora, Glamour, 4 Dec. 2024
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Early in the design process, the owners told the team about their love of Florence’s Palazzo Tornabuoni, a grand 15th-century aristocratic home that has been reimagined as a 21st-century private-residence club.Andrew Sessa, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2024
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The weekend household consists of various aristocrats, plutocrats and tycoons of the age.Louis J. Esterhazy, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
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Bill Skarsgård’s Count Orlok is more a Romanian folk vampire — decayed but still quite libidinous — than suave, past aristocrats limned by Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee.Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
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The game is set in a historical version of our own world where wizard chantries angle for power and influence with nobles and members of the Church.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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With the crisp transatlantic accent of a minor noble and the piercing blue eyes of a long-haired dachshund, Dan Stevens could have coasted through his acting career as so many London boys have before, playing foppish love interests or sneaky villains unmasked in the third act.Hannah Strong, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Patrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrician. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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