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Usually means: Roman hereditary aristocratic class member
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word patrician:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. patrician: Merriam-Webster
  2. patrician: Wordnik
  3. patrician: Cambridge English Dictionary
  4. patrician, patrician: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  5. patrician: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  6. patrician: Oxford English Dictionary
  7. patrician: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  8. patrician: Collins English Dictionary
  9. patrician: Vocabulary.com
  10. patrician: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. patrician: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. patrician: Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1997)
  13. Patrician, patrician: Dictionary.com
  14. patrician (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. patrician: Rhymezone (WordNet)
  16. patrician: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. patrician: TheFreeDictionary.com (American Heritage)

General (historical) (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. patrician (1755), patrician (1755), patrician (1773), patrician (1773): Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
  2. patrician: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  3. patrician: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

User-edited (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Patrician: Wiktionary
  2. patrician: Wiktionary
  3. Patrician (post-Roman Europe), Patrician (ancient Rome), Patrician: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. patrician: A Word A Day
  2. Political (No longer online)

(Note: See patricians as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A person of high birth; a nobleman.
adjective:  Of or pertaining to a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian; aristocratic.
adjective:  Characteristic of or appropriate to a person of high birth; classy.
noun:  (Ancient Rome) A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.
adjective:  Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (“fathers”) or senators, or patricians.
noun:  One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.
adjective:  Politically active to help people in lower classes, especially in a patronizing or condescending way.
adjective:  Of or relating to Saint Patrick.

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