Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Patrician \Pa*tri"cian\, n. [L. patricius: cf. F. patricien.]
   1. (Rom. Antiq.) Originally, 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 nobility.

   2. A person of high birth; a nobleman.

   3. One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers; one
      versed in patristic lore. [R.] --Colridge.

Patrician \Pa*tri"cian\, a. [L. patricius, fr. patres fathers or
   senators, pl. of pater: cf. F. patricien. See {Paternal}.]
   1. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to the Roman patres
      (fathers) or senators, or patricians.

   2. Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high
      birth; noble; not plebeian.

            Born in the patrician file of society. --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

            His horse's hoofs wet with patrician blood.
                                                  --Addison.

Source : WordNet®

patrician
     adj 1: of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient
            Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the
            Byzantine empire [ant: {plebeian}, {proletarian}]
     2: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
        aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic
        Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family";
        "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle
        blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South";
        "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features";
        "patrician tastes" [syn: {aristocratic}, {aristocratical},
         {blue}, {blue-blooded}, {gentle}]
     n 1: a person of refined upbringing and manners
     2: a member of the aristocracy [syn: {aristocrat}, {blue blood}]