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
Philip Elliott, Time, 7 July 2025
The Living Room: The original interiors were done by Eleanor Brown of the patrician decorating firm McMillen.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 24 June 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
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In 1992, billionaire Ross Perot ran as an independent candidate and siphoned enough votes away from President George H.W. Bush to make the patrician insider a one-termer.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 7 July 2025
The Living Room: The original interiors were done by Eleanor Brown of the patrician decorating firm McMillen.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 24 June 2025
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Adjective
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Federalist critics in Congress argued the colonnades looked aristocratic.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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These ranged from the aristocratic elite who dominated the military and bureaucracy and yearned for a return to monarchy, to communists who sought proletarian rule, to the National Socialists who wanted to establish a right-wing dictatorship.—
Time,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Set in the English countryside, the film uses the classic plot of a lower class criminal working his way up through the hierarchy in order to extract laughs from an ensemble of eccentric aristocrats.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
28 Oct. 2025
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Extending her already impressive range, Thompson carries herself like a blue-blooded aristocrat, her spine straight and lips pursed, all the better to sharpen her features.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Caesar is a conspiracy of nobles; the removal of hundreds of (alleged) Venezuelan gang members is the action of ICE.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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Or Florian Geyer, a noble who also led peasant armies and was finally knifed by an assassin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Patrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrician. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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