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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Their attire and posture radiated an iconic, aristocratic style, exemplified by Vance's wife, who stood elegantly in her rose-pitch dress coat.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Despite the name, Palace hotels aren’t always centuries-old aristocratic mansions, and many feel thoroughly modern.—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
AFAR Media,
15 Jan. 2025
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Eventually, the novel grows to encompass a network of victims and perpetrators: Polish aristocrats, other prisoners in the women’s barracks, the famed writer Tadeusz Borowski, and the camp commandant Rudolf Höss, along with his wife, Hedwig.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2025
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The storied high-society event has introduced the daughters of aristocrats (Lady Kitty Spencer), magnates (Delphine Arnault) and politicians (Barbara Berlusconi) — and plenty of Hollywood royals, from Lily Collins and Margaret Qualley to Billie Lourd and, this year, Apple Martin.—
Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Jan. 2025
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Just as Peter’s moving of his court transformed Moscow into a backwater for out-of-favor nobles, Carson’s helped to usher out the era when the Big Apple could claim to have cultural parity with Hollywood.—
Isaac Butler,
The New Yorker,
6 Nov. 2024
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The Netflix series from showrunner Kathleen Jordan is inspired by the medieval Italian text by Boccaccio about a group of young nobles isolating from the Black Death who tell stories to pass the time: love stories, raunchy comedies, tragedies, morality tales.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 July 2024
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“Patrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrician. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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