patrician

patrician

noun

1. a member of the aristocracy

Synonym: aristocratblue blood

2. a person of refined upbringing and manners

adj

1. belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

e.g. an aristocratic family
aristocratic Bostonians
aristocratic government
a blue family
blue blood
the blue-blooded aristocracy
of gentle blood
patrician landholders of the American South
aristocratic bearing
aristocratic features
patrician tastes

Synonym: aristocraticaristocraticalblueblue-bloodedgentle

2. befitting a person of noble origin

e.g. a patrician nose

1. 贵族；豪门子弟
A patrician is a person who comes from a family of high social rank.

e.g. ...the patrician banker Sir Charles Villiers.
出身名门的银行家查尔斯·维利尔斯爵士

2. 贵族的；有贵族气派的
If you describe someone as patrician, you mean that they behave in a sophisticated way, and look as though they are from a high social rank.

e.g. He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties.
他60岁出头，是位有着贵族气派的清瘦绅士。
e.g. ...her crisp, patrician voice.
她清脆的贵族口音

1. 贵族/贵族的：patriarchy /家长统治/父权制/ | patrician /贵族/贵族的/ | patriciate /贵族社会/贵族阶级/贵族的地位/

2. 贵族的 (形)：patriarchy 家长统治, 父权制 (名) | patrician 贵族的 (形) | patricidal 杀父的 (形)

3. 有教养的：courteous 彬彬有礼的 | patrician 有教养的 | self-serving 自私的