Patrician - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |pəˈtrɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word patrician
Brit.  |pəˈtrɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word patrician

noun

- a person of refined upbringing and manners
- a member of the aristocracy (syn: aristocrat)

adjective

- befitting a person of noble origin
a patrician nose
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy (syn: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue, gentle)
patrician landholders of the American South
patrician tastes

Extra examples

...the Southern patricians who once resided in these stately plantation homes...

...his patrician parents were very slow to accept his lowborn wife...

...their future son-in-law's lack of couth was of some concern to this patrician couple...

Word forms

adjective
singular: patrician
plural: patricians
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