patrician
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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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 senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.
— Noble Patricians, Patrons of my right, / Defend the iuſtice of my Cauſe with Armes.
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A person of high birth; a nobleman.
— The emperor elevated several loyal families to the status of patricians.
- One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.
形容词 adj.
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Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (“fathers”) or senators, or patricians.
— […] I ſee Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter, His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.
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Of or pertaining to a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian; aristocratic.
— born in the patrician file of society
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Characteristic of or appropriate to a person of high birth; classy.
— Hanks' taste in projects and directors is undoubtedly patrician and with a few exceptions like 1993's Philadelphia, the first mainstream film about the Aids crisis, rarely provocative
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Politically active to help people in lower classes, especially in a patronizing or condescending way.
— It will speed the shrivelling of the patrician “one nation” Tories, who tried to curb the extremes of Thatcherism and ended by providing its veils.
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词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius, derived from patrēs cōnscrīptī (“Roman senators”).
May also have been derived from Latin patricius + -ian
May also have been derived from Latin patricius + -ian
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French patricien, from Latin patricius, derived from patrēs cōnscrīptī (“Roman senators”).
May also have been derived from Latin patricius + -ian
May also have been derived from Latin patricius + -ian
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