patrician

adjective4

1. •
   Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (“fathers”) or senators, or patricians.

   • […] I see Th’ Insulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter, His Horse’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood. — 1712
2. •
   Of or pertaining to a person of high birth; noble; not plebeian; aristocratic.
3. •
   Characteristic of or appropriate to a person of high birth; classy.

   • Hanks' taste in projects and directors is undoubtedly patrician and with a few exceptions like 1993's Philadelphia, the first mainstream film about the Aids crisis, rarely provocative — 2021
4. •
   Politically active to help people in lower classes, especially in a patronizing or condescending way.

   • It will speed the shrivelling of the patrician “one nation” Tories, who tried to curb the extremes of Thatcherism and ended by providing its veils. — 1995

noun3

1. •
   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.

   • Noble Patricians, Patrons of my right, / Defend the iustice of my Cause with Armes. — 1588
2. •
   A person of high birth; a nobleman.

   • The emperor elevated several loyal families to the status of patricians.
3. •
   One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one versed in patristic lore or life.

adjective1

1. •
   Of or relating to Saint Patrick.