Figure and Patrician

Figure

Figure noun - A character used to represent a mathematical value.

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Patrician and figure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Patrician" instead a noun "Figure".

Nearby Words: figured, figuring, figurine, figuration, fig

Patrician noun - A man or woman of high birth or social position.

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Figure and patrician are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Figure" instead a noun "Patrician".

Nearby Words: Patrice, Patrica, Patricia

old	old figure	old patrician
good	good figure	good patrician
better	better figure	better patrician
original	original figure	original patrician
Other adjectives: real, new, minor.

In one meeting of the Committee To Unelect The Patrician, the lead shadowy figure says the novel's Arc Words ("A lie can run around the world before the truth has got its boots on").

Source: Discworld / The Truth
Vimes had been shown the coat of arms and the motto right at the beginning of the story and then was busy for more than half of the book trying to figure out how the Patrician was being poisoned.

Source: Bilingual Bonus
But at the time the book was written, the Patrician's character had not yet been developed to this, being merely an intelligent politician rather than the nigh omnipotent figure of the later series, so it was probably unintentional.

Source: Discworld / Sourcery

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