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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: patrician (0.02349 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to patrician.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: patrician patrician adj 1: of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire [ant: plebeian, proletarian] 2: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; “an aristocratic family”; “aristocratic Bostonians”; “aristocratic government”; “a blue family”; “blue blood”; “the blue-blooded aristocracy”; “of gentle blood”; “patrician landholders of the American South”; “aristocratic bearing”; “aristocratic features”; “patrician tastes” [syn: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle] n 1: a person of refined upbringing and manners 2: a member of the aristocracy [syn: aristocrat, blue blood]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Patrician Patrician \Pa*tri"cian\, a. [L. patricius, fr. patres fathers or senators, pl. of pater: cf. F. patricien. See Paternal.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. [1913 Webster] 2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian. [1913 Webster] Born in the patrician file of society. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Patrician \Pa*tri"cian\, n. [L. patricius: cf. F. patricien.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) Originally, a member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility. [1913 Webster] 2. A person of high birth; a nobleman. [1913 Webster] 3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. [R.] --Colridge. [1913 Webster]

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