patrician

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
patrician /pəˈtrɪʃ(ə)n/

▶noun an aristocrat or nobleman.

■ a member of the noble class in ancient Rome.

■ a refined or well-bred person.

▶adjective belonging to or characteristic of patricians.

– origin ME: from OFr. patricien, from L. patricius ‘having a noble father’, from pater, patr- ‘father’.