Patrician /(?)/

Pa·tri·cian

Patrician

a.
  1. Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians. (Rom. Antiq.)
  2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.
    Born in the patrician file of society.
    His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood.

Patrician

n.
  1. Originally, 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 nobility. (Rom. Antiq.)
  2. A person of high birth; a nobleman.
  3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. [R.]