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Antonyms for patrician

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : puh-trish-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈtrɪʃ ən

Definition of patrician

Origin :
  • early 15c., "member of the ancient Roman noble order," from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius "of the rank of the nobles, of the senators; of fatherly dignity," from patres conscripti "Roman senators," literally "fathers," plural of pater "father" (see father (n.)). Contrasted, in ancient Rome, with plebeius. Applied to noble citizens and higher orders of free folk in medieval Italian and German cities (sense attested in English from 1610s); hence "nobleman, aristocrat" in a modern sense (1630s). As an adjective, attested from 1610s, from the noun.
  • adj upper-class
  • noun person born to upper class
Example sentences :
  • Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • When silent she was the picture of a patrician beauty; but, alas!
  • Extract from : « Shawl-Straps » by Louisa M. Alcott
  • Patrician she was from the crown of her dusky head to the tip of her jewelled sandal.
  • Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
  • "Patrician and plebeian must stand or fall together, my Marcia," he said quietly.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne
  • He might have been raised to the dignity of Patrician, if he would have renounced his Arian creed.
  • Extract from : « Theodoric the Goth » by Thomas Hodgkin
  • Now Rhoda was on her feet, too, her patrician nostrils flaring.
  • Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman
  • Proud am I of my distant land, and proud now to be a patrician of Rome.'
  • Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • Gone now was the consciousness of strength, the dignity of the patrician!
  • Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • I esteem the rose a patrician, and fairly entitled to patrician manners.
  • Extract from : « The Foot-path Way » by Bradford Torrey
  • In this latter case, too, the companions of the patrician are punished only as he himself is.
  • Extract from : « Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf » by George W. M. Reynolds

Synonyms for patrician

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