patrician
11Patrician 3 — Infobox VG title= Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse caption= developer= Ascaron publisher= Encore distributor= designer= series= Patrician engine= version= released= flagicon|World October 24, 2003 genre= RTS modes= Single player /Multi player… …
12patrician — patricianhood, patricianship, n. patricianism, n. patricianly, adv. /peuh trish euhn/, n. 1. a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat. 2. a person of very good background, education, and refinement. 3. a member of the original senatorial… …
13patrician — [[t]pətrɪ̱ʃ(ə)n[/t]] patricians 1) N COUNT A patrician is a person who comes from a family of high social rank. [FORMAL] ...the patrician banker Sir Charles Villiers. Ant: plebeian 2) ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as patrician, you mean that …
14patrician — UK [pəˈtrɪʃ(ə)n] / US adjective formal belonging to or typical of the highest social class a patrician gesture/manner/face Derived word: patrician UK / US noun countable Word forms patrician : singular patrician plural patricians …
15patrician — 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 …
16patrician — pa|tri|cian [pəˈtrıʃən] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: patricien, from Latin patricius, from patres senators , from pater father ] 1.) typical of a member of the highest class in society ▪ a patrician manner 2.) belonging to the high… …
17patrician — adjective 1 typical of a member of the highest class in society; aristocratic: a patrician face 2 belonging to the governing classes in ancient Rome compare plebeian patrician noun (C) …
18patrician — /pəˈtrɪʃən / (say puh trishuhn) noun 1. a member of the original senatorial aristocracy in ancient Rome. 2. (a title or dignity conferred by the emperor under the later Roman and Byzantine Empires.) 3. a member of an influential and hereditary… …
19patrician — pa|tri|cian [ pə trıʃn ] adjective FORMAL belonging to or typical of the highest social class: a patrician gesture/manner/face ╾ pa|tri|cian noun count ─ opposite PLEBEIAN …
20Patrician — ♦ Used by modern historians to describe the governing classes of medieval towns, especially during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. (Reynolds, Susan. An Introduction to the History of English Medieval Towns, 199) Related terms: Patriciate ♦… …
