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
Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
But Trump is not the familiar breed of stuffy, patrician Republican.
—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 31 July 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
Noun
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
But Trump is not the familiar breed of stuffy, patrician Republican.
—Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
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Adjective
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Sina Villa Matilde About 40 minutes from Turin, this elegant hotel is set in an 18th-century residence that once belonged to the Bishop of Ivrea and later to the aristocratic Bocca family, who is behind Sina Hotels.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Pinacoteca and its treasures are my neighbors in an area that preserves the blend of aristocratic elegance and popular charm that is one of Milan’s most enchanting qualities.—
Miles Socha for WWD,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Christie’s is selling a fresh-to-market Frank Auerbach painting that was once owned by a British aristocrat who worked for the highly secret Y-Service during World War II.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Dividend aristocrats could be a possible investment opportunity right now, said Kevin Simpson, founder and chief investment officer of Capital Wealth Planning in Naples, Fla.—
Michelle Fox,Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
3 Feb. 2025
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On the battlefield, the nobles’ cavalry and superior artillery brutally cut down the rebels.—
Michael Bruening,
The Conversation,
25 Feb. 2025
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Caricatures mocking nobles and the clergy encouraged people to rethink their social relationships.—
Marjoleine Kars,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Patrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrician. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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