来自拉丁语patricius,像父亲的，高贵的，贵族的，来自pater,父亲，词源同father.引申词义上流社会的。

1. He was a lean, patrician gent in his early sixties.

他60岁出头，是位有着贵族气派的清瘦绅士。

2. The old patrician was buried in the family vault.

这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里.

3. But in practice Geneva was a patrician gerontocracy, dominated by a few families.

但日内瓦事实上是贵族的老龄政府，由一小部分家庭控制的。

4. Its patrician dignity was a picturesque sham.

它的贵族的尊严只是一套华丽的伪装.

5. He was reticent, patrician, bookish, urbane.

他沉默含蓄, 雍容华贵, 书生气十足,而又温文有礼.