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patriciër

Definitions of patriciër
  1. noun
    a member of the aristocracy
    synonyms: aristocraat
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    examples:
    Victoria
    queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)
    types:
    baronet
    a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight
    koningszoon, prins
    a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
    koningsdochter, prinses
    a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
    radja
    a prince or king in India
    aartshertogin
    a wife or widow of an archduke or a princess of the former ruling house of Austria
    aartshertog, aartshertogin
    a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria
    ridder
    a gallant or courtly gentleman
    erfprins, kroonprins, kroonprinses
    a male heir apparent to a throne
    tsarina
    the wife or widow of a czar
    dauphin
    formerly, the eldest son of the King of France and direct heir to the throne
    groothertog, groothertogin, grootvorst, grootvorstin
    a prince who rules a territory
    officier, paladijn, ridder
    originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
    dame, edele, edelvrouw, lady
    a woman of the peerage in Britain
    Jhr., edele, jonker, jonkheer, lord, rozenobel
    a titled peer of the realm
    maharadja
    a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja
    prins-gemaal
    a prince who is the husband of a reigning female sovereign
    erfprins, kroonprins, kroonprinses
    the male heir apparent of the British sovereign
  2. noun
    a person of refined upbringing and manners
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    type of:
    meerderjarige, volwassene
    a fully developed person from maturity onward
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