as in aristocratic
of high birth, rank, or station
came from a patrician family
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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
Elena Dallorso, Architectural Digest, 24 May 2025
Commanding a prime corner on a patrician block on Commonwealth Avenue in the heart of Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, The Eliot Hotel is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025.
—Everett Potter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2025
Blond, glamorous and patrician, Paltrow is the ultimate nepo baby, the daughter of actor Blythe Danner and TV producer Bruce Paltrow, acting from an early age at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts.
—Mae Anderson, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Along the historic waterway system which dates from the 12th century, there are a series of patrician residences, pleasure villas, and elegant rural farmhouses that still stand, along with what remains of their parks and gardens, side-by-side with more recent houses.
—Elena Dallorso, Architectural Digest, 24 May 2025
Commanding a prime corner on a patrician block on Commonwealth Avenue in the heart of Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, The Eliot Hotel is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025.
—Everett Potter, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
Columbus throws the task to Mirren’s patrician Elizabeth.
—Yvonne Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2025
Blond, glamorous and patrician, Paltrow is the ultimate nepo baby, the daughter of actor Blythe Danner and TV producer Bruce Paltrow, acting from an early age at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts.
—Mae Anderson, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrician
Adjective
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Martha had no interest in Franco’s aristocratic, fascist Nationalists.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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The American groups always had very aristocratic, wonderful names.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Dividend aristocrats, or companies that have boosted their payouts in each of the past 25 years, are among the strategies outperforming the broader market in 2026.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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That’s likely due to the infamy of his father, Oswald Mosley—a politician and aristocrat best known for founding the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The one thing about this show, the nobles, the kings and queens are all terribly interesting.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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Published in 1842, Poe’s story follows Prince Prospero, who retreats with a group of nobles into a fortified abbey as a deadly plague ravages the countryside.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Patrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrician. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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