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patrician noun /pəˈtrɪʃn/ /pəˈtrɪʃn/ (formal) - a person from the highest social class贵族的;上流社会的 synonym aristocrat
- a wealthy Florentine patrician一个富有的佛罗伦萨贵族
compare plebeian
patrician adjective /pəˈtrɪʃn/ /pəˈtrɪʃn/ (formal) - connected with or typical of the highest social class贵族的;上流社会的 synonym aristocratic
- She comes from an old patrician family.她来自一个古老的贵族家庭。
- She was rather intimidated by his measured, patrician tones.她被他那有分寸的贵族腔调吓住了。
词源late Middle English: from Old French patricien, from Latin patricius ‘having a noble father’, from pater, patr- ‘father’.
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