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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

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

That’s how Hollywood has seen him: patrician, elegant.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024

Most of the things on the 112-item list cost less than $100 and fulfill a proletarian need instead of gesturing toward patrician signaling.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2023

Randall was patrician, a small, genteel, cricket-loving dandy who nonetheless ran his unit with Napoleonic authority.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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