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patrician

[puh-trish-uhn] / pəˈtrɪʃ ən /




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For many Americans, the nationally televised hearing was the first close look at the patrician, grey-haired former FBI director.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Now forgotten, Dillon, Read & Co. typified the Wall Street of roll-top desks and patrician dignity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

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 • Jun. 5, 2025

Plenty of people have caught Gielgud’s distinctively fluty voice and patrician air, but Gatiss was the emotional anchor of a play that connected with audiences who may have had no idea who Gielgud even was.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Garzoni was a Jesuit, a Venetian patrician and a scholastic philosopher.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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