patrician (
http://definr.com/patrician)
adj 1: of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient
Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the
Byzantine empire [ant:
plebeian,
proletarian]
2: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
aristocracy; "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" [syn:
aristocratic,
aristocratical,
blue,
blue-blooded,
gentle]
n 1: a person of refined upbringing and manners
2: a member of the aristocracy [syn:
aristocrat,
blue blood]