patrician
adjective/pəˈtrɪʃn/
/pəˈtrɪʃn/
(formal)- connected with or typical of the highest social class synonym aristocratic
- She comes from an old patrician family.
- She was rather intimidated by his measured, patrician tones.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French patricien, from Latin patricius ‘having a noble father’, from pater, patr- ‘father’.Definitions on the go
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