patrician
Example Sentences
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The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.
Van Berchem was one of the city’s most respected financiers, a patrician figure with deep roots in Geneva society.
It unfolds along the same lines as “The Perfect Couple” and “Nine Perfect Strangers,” both of which feature Nicole Kidman playing patrician enigmas — a trend that began with her turn in "Big Little Lies."
From Salon
This was despite the fact that Bush didn't drink and his very patrician Connecticut lineage went all the way back to President Franklin Pierce.
From Salon
He’s one of those sci-fi characters whose normal Earthman name distinguishes him as a plebe among patricians.
From Los Angeles Times
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