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adjective

Definition of patriciannext
as in aristocratic
of high birth, rank, or station came from a patrician family

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noun

pə-ˈtri-shən How to pronounce patrician (audio)
as in aristocrat
a man or woman of high birth or social position the Southern patricians who once resided in these stately plantation homes

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Recent Examples of patrician
Adjective
As the band’s patrician, party-animal bassist, however, Roberts is quite lively, though her subplot takes a backseat to the film’s other story lines. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 No boutique hotel in Boston better captures the city’s alchemy of contemporary cool and patrician elegance. — Todd Plummer, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
Because this is the most dazzling, patrician and talked-about hotel to have opened in London this century—with great bones, spirit, heritage, and style; not to mention sybaritic restaurants, bars, and wellness spaces. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2026 The show follows Wiig’s wannabe patrician Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons, who is hell-bent on becoming the belle of 1960’s Palm Beach by elbowing her way into the upper echelons of Florida’s most exclusive beach club, the Palm Royale. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for patrician
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrician
  1. aristocratic
  2. aristocrat
  3. noble
Adjective
  • Letizia is the first person with a non-aristocratic background to marry into the Spanish royal family and become queen, according to TIME.
    — Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
  • The Hotel Due Mari, a 17th-century aristocratic villa formerly owned by the marquesses of Bolasco, sits between Sestri’s two bays.
    — Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of aristocratic
Noun
  • Knowing their days of bloodline privilege are numbered, the German and the French aristocrat bond, their class affinities binding them more tightly than the uniforms that separate them.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
  • Oceanfront has long been treated as the aristocrat of waterfront living, prized for its horizon lines, lull of the tide and powerful symbolism of standing where land gives way.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of aristocrat
Noun
  • Today, the adjacent Palo Castle is still owned by the Odescalchi, nobles of princely rank.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2026
  • Guides spoke of the monthlong siege that ended only because of the treachery of a local noble who turned on the sultan and allowed British troops to scale the walls.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
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