PATRI'CIAN, adjective [Latin patricius, from pater, father.] Senatorial; noble; not plebeian. This epithet is derived from the Roman patres, fathers, the title of Roman senators; as patrician birth or blood; patrician families. PATRI'CIAN, noun A nobleman. In the Roman state, the patricians were the descendants of the first Roman senators.
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