highborn vs patrician

highborn

adj
  • Of, pertaining to, or befitting people of high social standing. 

  • Of superior or premium quality; magnificent; expensive. 

patrician

adj
  • Of, or pertaining to a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian; aristocratic. 

  • Of or pertaining to the Roman patres ("fathers") or senators, or patricians. 

  • Characteristic of or appropriate to a person of high birth; classy. 

noun
  • A member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate. 

  • One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life. 

  • A person of high birth; a nobleman. 

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