patrician

patrician
n
1. aristocrat, nobleman, noble, silk-stocking, Inf. blue blood, gentleman; peer, lord, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; grandee, magnifico, don, hidalgo, Fr. Hist. chevalier.
adj
2. aristocratic, blue-blooded, silk-stocking, noble, gentle, genteel, wellborn, highborn; royal, princely, kingly, titled.
3. elegant, stately, grand, majestic, queenly; graceful, Scot. genty, thoroughbred, fine, delicate, exquisite; well-bred, polite, civil, mannerly, well-mannered, courteous; decorous, formal, proper, Fr. comme il faut. fitting, becoming, seemly; gracious, ladylike, lady-ish, courtly, gentlemanly, gentlemanlike; debonair, charming, chivalrous, chivalric, gallant, cavalier; honorable, upright, virtuous, estimable, admirable, worthy, respectable.
4. polished, finished, refined, cultivated; urbane, suave, sophisticated, cosmopolitan, worldly; fashionable, stylish, a la mode, modish, high-toned, Sl. tony, high-class, Sl. classy, Inf. swank.
5. affected, mannered, unnatural; pretentious, Inf. highfalutin, Inf. high-hat, on one's high horse; haughty, lordly, hoity-toity, arrogant, proud, snobbish, disdainful.

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