| 单词 | patrician |
| 释义 | patrician —patricianhood, patricianship, n. —patricianism, n. —patricianly, adv. /peuh trish"euhn/, n. 1. a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat. 2. a person of very good background, education, and refinement. 3. a member of the original senatorial aristocracy in ancient Rome. 4. (under the later Roman and Byzantine empires) a title or dignity conferred by the emperor. 5. a member of a hereditary ruling class in certain medieval German, Swiss, and Italian free cities. adj. 6. of high social rank or noble family; aristocratic. 7. befitting or characteristic of persons of very good background, education, and refinement: patrician tastes. 8. of or belonging to the patrician families of ancient Rome. [1400-50; < L patrici(us) patrician (pat(e)r FATHER + -icius adj. suffix) + -AN; r. late ME patricion < OF patricien] Syn. 7. dignified, genteel, stately. |
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