Dictionary  pa•tri•cianPronunciation: (pu-trish'un), [key] —n. 1. a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat. 2. a person of very good background, education, and refinement. 3. a member of the original senatorial aristocracy in ancient Rome. 4. (under the later Roman and Byzantine empires) a title or dignity conferred by the emperor. 5. a member of a hereditary ruling class in certain medieval German, Swiss, and Italian free cities. —adj. 1. of high social rank or noble family; aristocratic. 2. befitting or characteristic of persons of very good background, education, and refinement: patrician tastes. 3. of or belonging to the patrician families of ancient Rome. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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