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Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: patricien, from Latin patricius, from patres 'senators', from pater 'father'

patrician

 adjective
     
Related topics: Officials, History
pa‧tri‧cian
1 typical of a member of the highest class in society:
a patrician manner
2SHPGO belonging to the high class of people that governed in ancient Rome
—patrician noun [countable]
➔ plebeian
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