patrician
Definitions
A member of the noble families in ancient Rome.
A person of high social rank or noble birth.
Characteristic of or befitting an aristocrat; refined and elegant.
Examples
The senator carried himself with a patrician grace that commanded respect from everyone in the room.
Despite his humble beginnings, he adopted a patrician lifestyle once he acquired his vast fortune.
The architecture of the estate reflected the patrician tastes of the family who had lived there for generations.
Synonyms
aristocratic noble highborn gentle refined elite upper-class