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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary pa·tri·cian \\pə-ˈtri-shən\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English patricion, from Anglo-French patrician, from Latin patricius, from patres senators, from plural of pater father — more at father DATE 15th century 1. a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome 2. a. a person of high birth : aristocrat b. a person of breeding and cultivation • patrician adjective English Etymology patrician patrician (n.) early 15c., "member of the ancient Roman noble order," from M.Fr . patricien, from L. patricius "of the rank of the nobles, of the senators," from patres conscripti "Roman senators," lit. "fathers," pl. of pater "father." Contrasted, in ancient Rome, with plebeius. Applied to noble citizens and higher orders of free folk in medieval It. and Ger. cities (sense attested in English from 1610s); hence "nobleman, aristocrat" in a modern sense (1630s). As an adjective, attested from 1610s, from the noun.http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 patrician pa·tri·cian / pE5triFn / adjective (formal)connected with or typical of the highest social class 贵族的；上流社会的 SYN aristocratic
• pa·tri·cian noun ⇨ compare plebeian adj. (1) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged pa·tri·cian I. \pə.ˈtrishən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English patricion, from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius (from patres fathers, senators, plural of pater father) + Middle French -en -an — more at father 1. : a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome to whom until about 350 B.C. such offices as those of senator, consul, and pontifex were restricted 2. a. : a member of a noble class created by Constantine and continued by succeeding emperors at Byzantium b. : an official originally of this class appointed supreme magistrate of the provinces of Italy and Africa by the Byzantine emperor c. : a Holy Roman emperor assuming the title of patrician or granted it by the pope 3. a. : a hereditary noble of a medieval Italian city republic b. : a member of an order of citizens eligible for the senate or council in the German free cities and towns 4. a. : a person of high birth : aristocrat , nobleman b. : a person of breeding and cultivation : gentleman < as cultivated a patrician as ever found himself leading the proletariat to Utopia — E.P.Snow > II. adjective Etymology: French patricien, from Middle French, from patricien, n. 1. : of or relating to the patricians of ancient Rome < the patrician families had the start in the race. Great names and great possessions came to them by inheritance — J.A.Froude > 2. : of or relating to the patricians of the medieval Italian city republics or the German free cities 3. : of, relating to, or characteristic of gentle or noble birth or of breeding and cultivation < in the South, patrician landholders and merchants tried to set up a political monopoly — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager > • pa·tri·cian·ly adverb |
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