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with Anu Garg

patrician

(puh-TRISH-uhn)

noun: A person of high social rank, good background, etc.; an aristocrat.

[From Latin patricius (having a noble father), from pater (father).]

"The exciting new tie width even spawned a musical genre (probably invented by some dull, pipe-smoking patrician at Rolling Stone Magazine)."
Simon Mills; The Day Ties Went Size Zero; The Guardian (London, UK); Oct 26, 2007.

See more usage examples of patrician in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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