patrician
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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
Van Berchem was one of the city’s most respected financiers, a patrician figure with deep roots in Geneva society.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
This was despite the fact that Bush didn't drink and his very patrician Connecticut lineage went all the way back to President Franklin Pierce.
From Salon • May 16, 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
When this fails— think the patrician George H. W. Bush’s claimed affinity for pork rinds, or any Democratic candidate at an NRA meeting—the result is often highly comical, if not cringe-inducing.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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