patrician
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pa·tri·cian /pəˈtrɪʃən/ adjective 1 CLASS IN SOCIETYtypical of a member of the highest class in society 贵族的，权贵显要的 a patrician manner 高贵的举止2. SHPGObelonging to the high class of people that governed in ancient Rome 〔属于古罗马〕统治阶层的 —patrician noun [countable] → plebeian1
Examples from the Corpus
patrician• Originally, ancestor-worship and its attendant family structure were confined to the patrician class.• But his presence was every bit as formidable in its modest way as that of the patrician Heifetz.• Peterson's patrician image• It was impossible for Stevenson, the patrician intellectual, and somebody like Sen.• There the master is a humane aristocrat possessed of a fine library, progressive opinions and a patrician kindness.• Here, mostly you just get right up their patrician noses.• Nicky is not quite a chip off the old patrician Oppenheimer block.• Yet other friends point out that Rawls comes from an old southern family and has a patrician sense of noblesse oblige.Origin patrician (1400-1500) French patricien, from Latin patricius, from patres “senators”, from pater “father”pa·tri·cian adjectiveChineseSyllable
of highest typical Corpus a of the class member
patrician
pa‧tri‧cian /pəˈtrɪʃən/
adjective
a patrician manner
2. belonging to the high class of people that governed in ancient Rome
—patrician noun [countable]
⇨ plebeian
pa‧tri‧cian /pəˈtrɪʃən/
adjective Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: patricien, from Latin patricius, from patres __senators__, from pater __father__
1. typical of a member of the highest class in society:Language: French
Origin: patricien, from Latin patricius, from patres __senators__, from pater __father__
2. belonging to the high class of people that governed in ancient Rome
—patrician noun [countable]
⇨ plebeian