Patrician
Patrician , adjective
[Latin patricius, from patres fathers or senators, plural of pater: compare French patricien. See Paternal.]
1.
(Rom. Antiquities) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or senators, or patricians.
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 , noun
[Latin patricius: compare French patricien.]
1.
(Rom. Antiquities) 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.
2.
A person of high birth; a nobleman.
3.
One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore. [Rare] — Colridge