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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius, derived from patrēs cōnscrīptī (“Roman senators”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pətɹˈɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪʃən
Noun
patrician (plural patricians)
- (Ancient Rome) 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 senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.
- c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 31, column 1:
- Noble Patricians, Patrons of my right, / Defend the iuſtice of my Cauſe with Armes.
- A person of high birth; a nobleman.
- One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.
Derived terms
Translations
member of Roman aristocracy
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nobleman
Adjective
patrician (comparative more patrician, superlative most patrician)
- Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (“fathers”) or senators, or patricians.
- Of, or pertaining to a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian; aristocratic.
- 1829 May 2, [Walter Scott], Anne of Geierstein; or, The Maiden of the Mist. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Company] for Cadell and Co., […]; London: Simpkin and Marshall, […], →OCLC:
- born in the patrician file of society
- 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:
- his horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood
- Characteristic of or appropriate to a person of high birth; classy.
- 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC[1]:
- Hanks' taste in projects and directors is undoubtedly patrician and with a few exceptions like 1993's Philadelphia, the first mainstream film about the Aids crisis, rarely provocative
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Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French patricien.
Noun
patrician m (plural patricieni)
Declension
Declension of patrician
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) patrician | patricianul | (niște) patricieni | patricienii |
genitive/dative | (unui) patrician | patricianului | (unor) patricieni | patricienilor |
vocative | patricianule | patricienilor |
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