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Meanings of patrician in inglês
The name given to members of the old-established upper class in ancient Rome as well as in the Middle Ages.
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português
aristocrata catalão
aristòcrata Post-Roman European social class; a formally defined class of governing upper classes found in metropolitan areas (Venice, Florence, Genoa, Amalfi) and Free cities of Germany (Nuremberg, Ravensburg, Augsburg, Konstanz, Lindau, Bern, Basel, Zurich)
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Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy.
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Usage of patrician in inglês
1
His rich brown hair lay in heavy locks; the features were patrician.
2
Instead, we lend our patrician support to HIV crises in other countries.
3
A laugh frigidly jeering; a look lazily mutinous; gentlemanlike irony, patrician resentment.
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And Lawrence came to her in the mantle of these patrician ghosts.
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There was something affecting in the proud woe of this grand patrician.
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He could hear the concern in her voice, underneath the patrician professionalism.
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He was not a patrician, according to the ideas of rich planters.
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The tiny flame lit up for an instant the languid patrician features.
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He created a plebeian aristocracy and blended it with the patrician oligarchy.
10
What had the patrician Jakob Schreevogl told him earlier about the meeting?
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She blended the taste of an artist with that of a patrician.
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Soon the religion of Judea had become a topic of patrician Rome.
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His delicate, patrician features emphasized the mystery of his personality and action.
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Like the true patrician that he was, he studied restraint and reserve.
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Seeing that conviction was certain, the proud patrician avoided humiliation by suicide.
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That illustrious patrician is released from his cherished and well acquitted duties.
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Translations for patrician
espanhol
Patrician through the time
Patrician across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common