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English to English adjective
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Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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befitting a person of noble origin | | Example: a patrician nose
source: wordnet30
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belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30 noun
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a person of refined upbringing and manners | | source: wordnet30
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a member of the aristocracy | | source: wordnet30
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Originally, 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 nobility. | | source: webster1913
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