patricians

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He’s one of those sci-fi characters whose normal Earthman name distinguishes him as a plebe among patricians.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2024

Versatile and assured, Sternhagen played women who were folksy, regal, plain-spoken and glamorous, although she had a special fondness for dotty eccentrics and snobby patricians.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023

Roman society was divided into two classes or orders, patricians and plebeians.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

When Rome was under threat, the plebeians could gain leverage with the patricians by refusing to fight until their demands were met.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Their names, pedigrees, and arms were enrolled in a book, of which many copies exist, and which was commonly called the Libro d'Argento, to distinguish it from the Libro d'Oro of the patricians.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo