First Known Use: 15th century
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patrician
noun pa·tri·cian \pə-ˈtri-shən\
: a person who is a member of the highest social class
Full Definition of PATRICIAN
1
: a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome
2
a : a person of high birth : aristocrat b : a person of breeding and cultivation
— patrician adjective
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Origin of PATRICIAN
Middle English patricion, from Anglo-French patrician, from Latin patricius, from patres senators, from plural of pater father — more at father
Related to PATRICIAN
- Synonyms
- aristocrat, blue blood, gentle, noble, gentleperson
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Rhymes with PATRICIAN
addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition
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