patrician
Example Sentences
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The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.
Both ski, for crying out loud, a pastime with patrician associations, like equestrian sports or loudly firing the help.
From Salon
David Patrick Columbia writes a near-daily online column called “New York Social Diary,” which chronicles the galas, dinners and benefits frequented by high-income patrician folk.
From New York Times
Mr Johnson, a famous lover of classics, referenced Cincinnatus, a patrician who turned to farming after leaving Rome only to return when his country needed him.
From BBC
“Her father had been a page to the Marquis de Fuentes, viceroy of Naples. Her mother came from a patrician family of some standing.”
From New York Times
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