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patrician /pə-trishˈən/ noun- A member or descendant by blood or adoption of one of the original families of citizens forming the Roman people, opp to plebeian
- A nobleman of a new order nominated by the emperor in the later Roman Empire
- An imperial Roman provincial administrator in Italy or Africa
- A hereditary noble
- An aristocrat
adjective- Of or relating to the patricians
- Aristocratic
ORIGIN: L patricius, from pater, patris a father patriˈcianly adjective patriciate /pə-trishˈi-āt/ noun - The position of a patrician
- The patrician order
- Patricians as a body
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