Usually means: Aristocrat, high social status, elite.
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  1. patrician: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. patrician: Merriam-Webster
  3. patrician: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. patrician: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. patrician: Collins English Dictionary
  6. patrician: Vocabulary.com
  7. Patrician, patrician: Wordnik
  8. patrician: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Patrician, patrician: Wiktionary
  10. patrician: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. patrician: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. patrician: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Patrician, patrician: Dictionary.com
  14. patrician (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Patrician (Ancient Rome), Patrician (Discworld), Patrician (ancient Rome), Patrician (disambiguation), Patrician (post-Roman Europe), Patrician, The Patrician (video game): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Patrician: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. patrician: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. patrician: Rhymezone
  19. Patrician: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. patrician: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. patrician: FreeDictionary.org
  22. patrician: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. patrician: TheFreeDictionary.com

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noun:  (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.
noun:  A person of high birth; a nobleman.
noun:  One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.
adjective:  Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (“fathers”) or senators, or patricians.
adjective:  Of or pertaining to a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian; aristocratic.
adjective:  Characteristic of or appropriate to a person of high birth; classy.
adjective:  Politically active to help people in lower classes, especially in a patronizing or condescending way.
adjective:  Of or relating to Saint Patrick.

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