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nadj

That refined gentleman over there with the excellent manners, the elegant suit, and the beautiful home on Park Avenue? He’s a patrician, a member of the upper classes.

In ancient Rome, the word patrician referred to members of the aristocracy, but its meaning has evolved to include those who belong to the upper classes. The adjective form of patrician describes things that are associated with the upper class, like a patrician assumption that all children should go to boarding school. Someone who enjoys refined dinners might be described as having patrician taste.

WORD FAMILY

patrician: patricians

USAGE EXAMPLES

And as in Rome, he wrote, in modern-day America “there is definitely a patrician class and a plebeian class” that are “at loggerheads.”

Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016)

Trump brought glitz and glam to the staid island that had been more accustomed to a low-key patrician kind of wealth.

Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016)

Despite his embrace of populist rhetoric, Ross has enjoyed a patrician lifestyle.

Washington Times(Nov 23, 2016)

1n a person of refined upbringing and manners

Hyper

adult, grownup

a fully developed person from maturity onward

2n a member of the aristocracy

Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper

aristocrat, blue blood

Dido

(Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas

Sleeping Beauty

fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss

Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel

prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)

Anne

Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)

Anne Boleyn

the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I; was executed on a charge of adultery (1507-1536)

Duchess of Ferrara

Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519)

Catherine de Medicis

queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589)

Prince Charles

the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948)

Cleopatra

beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)

First Marquess Cornwallis

commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)

Cyrus the Younger

Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)

Lady Diana Frances Spencer

English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997)

Duchesse de Valentinois

French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II; she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566)

Don Juan

a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas

Black Prince

son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376)

Edward Antony Richard Louis

third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964)

Eleanor of Aquitaine

queen of France as the wife of Louis VII; that marriage was annulled in 1152 and she then married Henry II and became Queen of England (1122-1204)

Elizabeth I

Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)

Elizabeth II

daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)

Esther

(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)

Francis Ferdinand

archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914)

Frederick William

the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688)

Sir Geraint

(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table

Lady Godiva

according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)

Lady Jane Grey

Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)

Lady Emma Hamilton

English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815)

Catherine Howard

Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542)

Isabella the Catholic

the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504)

Ivan III Vasilievich

grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505)

Jezebel

wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC)

Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani

queen of the Hawaiian islands (1838-1917)

Marquise de Maintenon

French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719)

Marie Antoinette

queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793)

Bloody Mary

daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558)

Mary II

Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest daughter of James II and ruled jointly with her husband William III (1662-1694)

Mary Queen of Scots

queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587)

Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart

French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707)

Roger de Mortimer

English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330)

Nefertiti

queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (14th century BC)

Catherine Parr

Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548)

Duke of Edinburgh

Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson

French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)

Prince Rupert

English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682)

Jane Seymour

Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537)

Queen Victoria

queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)

Nancy Witcher Astor

British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964)

Duke of Lancaster

the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)

Earl of Leicester

an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265)

Bart, baronet

a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight

brahman, brahmin

a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family)

female aristocrat

a woman who is an aristocrat

Highness

(Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person

male aristocrat

a man who is an aristocrat

prince

a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

princess

a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)

raja, rajah

a prince or king in India

ranee, rani

(the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja

archduchess

a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria

archduke

a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria

cavalier, chevalier

a gallant or courtly gentleman

crown prince

a male heir apparent to a throne

crown princess

a female heir apparent to a throne

czarina, czaritza, tsarina, tsaritsa, tzarina

the wife or widow of a czar

dauphin

formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne

grand duke

a prince who rules a territory

knight

originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

Lady, noblewoman, peeress

a woman of the peerage in Britain

Lord, noble, nobleman

a titled peer of the realm

maharaja, maharajah

a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja

maharanee, maharani

a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja

Elector

any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

prince consort

a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign

princeling

a young prince

princeling

a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality

Prince of Wales

the male heir apparent of the British sovereign

princess royal

the eldest daughter of a British sovereign

female monarch, queen, queen regnant

a female sovereign ruler

queen

the wife or widow of a king

Sir

a title used before the name of knight or baronet

leader

a person who rules or guides or inspires others

3adj befitting a person of noble origin

a patrician nose

Syn

refined

(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel

4adj belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

patrician landholders of the American South
patrician tastes

Syn

aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle
noble

of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times

单词	patrician
释义	patrician (once / 1492 pages) nadj That refined gentleman over there with the excellent manners, the elegant suit, and the beautiful home on Park Avenue? He’s a patrician, a member of the upper classes. In ancient Rome, the word patrician referred to members of the aristocracy, but its meaning has evolved to include those who belong to the upper classes. The adjective form of patrician describes things that are associated with the upper class, like a patrician assumption that all children should go to boarding school. Someone who enjoys refined dinners might be described as having patrician taste. WORD FAMILY patrician: patricians USAGE EXAMPLES And as in Rome, he wrote, in modern-day America “there is definitely a patrician class and a plebeian class” that are “at loggerheads.” Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016) Trump brought glitz and glam to the staid island that had been more accustomed to a low-key patrician kind of wealth. Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) Despite his embrace of populist rhetoric, Ross has enjoyed a patrician lifestyle. Washington Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1n a person of refined upbringing and manners Hyper adult, grownup a fully developed person from maturity onward 2n a member of the aristocracy Syn\|Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper aristocrat, blue blood Dido (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas Sleeping Beauty fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861) Anne Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714) Anne Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I; was executed on a charge of adultery (1507-1536) Duchess of Ferrara Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519) Catherine de Medicis queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589) Prince Charles the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948) Cleopatra beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC) First Marquess Cornwallis commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805) Cyrus the Younger Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC) Lady Diana Frances Spencer English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris produced intense national mourning (1961-1997) Duchesse de Valentinois French noblewoman who was the mistress of Henry II; she had more influence over him than did his wife Catherine de Medicis (1499-1566) Don Juan a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas Black Prince son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376) Edward Antony Richard Louis third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) Eleanor of Aquitaine queen of France as the wife of Louis VII; that marriage was annulled in 1152 and she then married Henry II and became Queen of England (1122-1204) Elizabeth I Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603) Elizabeth II daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-) Esther (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim) Francis Ferdinand archduke of Austria and heir apparent to Francis Joseph I; his assassination at Sarajevo triggered the outbreak of World War I (1863-1914) Frederick William the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688) Sir Geraint (Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table Lady Godiva according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080) Lady Jane Grey Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554) Lady Emma Hamilton English beauty who was the mistress of Admiral Nelson (1765-1815) Catherine Howard Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542) Isabella the Catholic the queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in 1478 and sponsored the voyages of Christopher Columbus in 1492 (1451-1504) Ivan III Vasilievich grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505) Jezebel wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC) Lydia Kamekeha Paki Liliuokalani queen of the Hawaiian islands (1838-1917) Marquise de Maintenon French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719) Marie Antoinette queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793) Bloody Mary daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558) Mary II Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; she was the eldest daughter of James II and ruled jointly with her husband William III (1662-1694) Mary Queen of Scots queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567; as a Catholic she was forced to abdicate in favor of her son and fled to England where she was imprisoned by Elizabeth I; when Catholic supporters plotted to put her on the English throne she was tried and executed for sedition (1542-1587) Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707) Roger de Mortimer English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330) Nefertiti queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (14th century BC) Catherine Parr Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548) Duke of Edinburgh Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921) Jeanne Antoinette Poisson French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764) Prince Rupert English leader (born in Germany) of the Royalist forces during the English Civil War (1619-1682) Jane Seymour Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537) Queen Victoria queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901) Nancy Witcher Astor British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964) Duke of Lancaster the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399) Earl of Leicester an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265) Bart, baronet a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight brahman, brahmin a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a descendant of an old New England family) female aristocrat a woman who is an aristocrat Highness (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person male aristocrat a man who is an aristocrat prince a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign) princess a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign) raja, rajah a prince or king in India ranee, rani (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja archduchess a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria archduke a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria cavalier, chevalier a gallant or courtly gentleman crown prince a male heir apparent to a throne crown princess a female heir apparent to a throne czarina, czaritza, tsarina, tsaritsa, tzarina the wife or widow of a czar dauphin formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne grand duke a prince who rules a territory knight originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit Lady, noblewoman, peeress a woman of the peerage in Britain Lord, noble, nobleman a titled peer of the realm maharaja, maharajah a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja maharanee, maharani a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja Elector any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire prince consort a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign princeling a young prince princeling a petty or insignificant prince who rules some unimportant principality Prince of Wales the male heir apparent of the British sovereign princess royal the eldest daughter of a British sovereign female monarch, queen, queen regnant a female sovereign ruler queen the wife or widow of a king Sir a title used before the name of knight or baronet leader a person who rules or guides or inspires others 3adj befitting a person of noble origin a patrician nose Syn refined (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel 4adj belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy patrician landholders of the American South patrician tastes Syn aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle noble of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
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