patricians
Example Sentences
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He’s one of those sci-fi characters whose normal Earthman name distinguishes him as a plebe among patricians.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2024
Versatile and assured, Sternhagen played women who were folksy, regal, plain-spoken and glamorous, although she had a special fondness for dotty eccentrics and snobby patricians.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2023
Those who dominated trade and claimed descent from the Middle East were known as patricians.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Roman society was divided into two classes or orders, patricians and plebeians.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The external aspect of the houses of the Chilean patricians is rather massive than elegant.
