patrician
Example Sentences
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She holds a patrician bearing that comes naturally to Pfeiffer and a kind of full-bodied humanity that makes the actor an ageless romantic lead.
From Salon
For many Americans, the nationally televised hearing was the first close look at the patrician, grey-haired former FBI director.
From Barron's
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
