PATRICIAN

patrician. Patrician, a. senatorial, noble; n. a nobleman

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Pa‐tri″cian (?), a. [[L. patricius, fr. patres fathers or senators, pl. of pater: cf. F. patricien. See Paternal.]] 1. 1. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.
2. 2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian.
Born in the patrician file of society. Sir W. Scott. His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood. Addison.