PATRICIAN


Meaning of PATRICIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pətrɪʃ(ə)n ]

( patricians)

1.

A patrician is a person who comes from a family of high social rank. ( FORMAL )

...the patrician banker Sir Charles Villiers.

≠ plebeian

N-COUNT

2.

If you describe someone as patrician , you mean that they behave in a sophisticated way, and look as though they are from a high social rank.

He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties.

ADJ

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