- Aristocrat, nobleman - Of or pertaining to the Roman patres (fathers) or
senators, or patricians. - Of, pertaining to, or appropriate to, a person of high
birth; noble; not plebeian. - Originally, a member of any of the families constituting
the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development
of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special
privilege conferred, belonged to the nobility. - A person of high birth; a nobleman. - One familiar with the works of the Christian Fathers;
one versed in patristic lore.