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Definition of patrician adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

patrician

adjective
 
/pəˈtrɪʃn/
 
/pəˈtrɪʃn/
(formal)
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  1. 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’.
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