Both Uses of
patrician
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- 'Major Cavalcanti, a worthy patrician of Lucca, a descendant of the Cavalcanti of Florence,' " continued Monte Cristo, reading aloud, " 'possessing an income of half a million.'†
Chpt 55-56 *
- Many, also, who were not aware of the circumstances attending his withdrawal from Paris, were struck with the worthy appearance, the gentlemanly bearing, and the knowledge of the world displayed by the old patrician, who certainly played the nobleman very well, so long as he said nothing, and made no arithmetical calculations.†
Chpt 109-110
Definition:
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(patrician) a person belonging to the nobility or aristocracy -- sometimes specifically of ancient Rome