patrician meaning and definition

PATRICIAN noun

Definition of patrician (noun)

1. a person of refined upbringing and manners
2. a member of the aristocracy
   • synonyms: aristocrat, blue blood

PATRICIAN adjective

Definition of patrician (adjective)

1. befitting a person of noble origin
   • "a patrician nose"
2. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
   • "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"
   • synonyms: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle