Patrician and Ruler

Patrician

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

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

Nearby Words: Patrice, Patrica, Patricia

Ruler noun - One who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority.

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Patrician and ruler are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Patrician" instead a noun "Ruler".

Nearby Words: rule, ruling, ruled

old	old patrician	old ruler
good	good patrician	good ruler
better	better patrician	better ruler
current	current patrician	current ruler
Other adjectives: original, real, terrible, potential, new, former, next, last, previous.

Vetinari, the scheming Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, knows that when a ruler is overthrown the overthrowers tend to lock the ruler away in the deepest, dankest cell of his palace's dungeons.

Source: Crazy Prepared / Literature
Lord Vetinari, Patrician and supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork, is described as being such a Magnificent Bastard, he makes Machiavelli look like an amateur.

Source: Magnificent Bastard / Literature
Also, one clicks fan refers to the Patrician — the supreme ruler of the city — as "some local bigwig" trying to get reflected fame.

Source: Recognition Failure

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