patrician definition by Wordo

Adjective

Of

or

pertaining

to

the

Roman

or

senators

,

or

patricians

.

Noun

A

member

of

any

of

the

families

constituting

the

,

or

body

of

Roman

citizens

,

before

the

development

of

the

plebeian

order

;

later

,

one

who

,

by

right

of

birth

or

by

special

privilege

conferred

,

belonged

to

the

senior

class

of

Romans

,

who

,

with

certain

property

,

had

by

right

a

seat

in

the

Roman

Senate

.