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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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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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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Rosewood Schloss Fuschl, meanwhile, is located in the former hunting lodge of the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg, and its Munich branch sits at the former Bavarian State Bank headquarters and the adjacent Palais Neuhaus-Preysing, originally an aristocratic residence from the 1700s.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
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Federalist critics in Congress argued the colonnades looked aristocratic.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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From hot scientists to charming aristocrats to dancing princes, here are Bailey’s sexiest onscreen roles thus far.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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That’s realized quite literally by the prolific Swedish actor Stig Järrel, who plays Satan as an aristocrat in a state of perpetual ocular discomfort due to Britt-Marie’s insistence on holding onto her virginity.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Rats live fast and without fear, stealing from tax collectors and nobles.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 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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“Patrician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrician. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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