patrician
/pəˈtrɪʃ·ən/ n [C]Definition
› a person of high social class: She is descended from a long line of patricians › world history In ancient Rome, a patrician was a member of one of the families of original citizens of the city
(Definition of patrician n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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