eupatrid

[ yoo-pa-trid, yoo-puh- ]

/ yuˈpæ trɪd, ˈyu pə- /

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noun, plural eu·pat·ri·dae

[yoo-pa-tri-dee]. /yuˈpæ trɪˌdi/.

one of the hereditary aristocrats of ancient Athens and other states of Greece, who at one time formed the ruling class.

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Origin of eupatrid

1825–35; <Greek eupatrídēs, literally, of a good father, of noble descent, equivalent to eu-eu- + patr- (stem of patḗr) father + -idēs-id²

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How to use eupatrid in a sentence

It is not probable that the Eupatrid families were all autochthonous, even in the loose sense of that term.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8|Various
It is clear that the executive power in the state (see Archon) was still vested in the Eupatrid class.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9|Various
Between the Eupatrid oligarchy and the rule of Peisistratus there comes the timocracy of Solon.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4|Various
His father, though connected with the priestly and high-born house of the Lycomedae, was not himself a Eupatrid.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

To that eupatrid, joined before with himself, was now intrusted the command of the Grecian fleet.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton

British Dictionary definitions for eupatrid

eupatrid

/ (juːˈpætrɪd) /

noun plural -patridae (-ˈpætrɪˌdiː) or -patrids

(in ancient Greece) a hereditary noble or landowner

Word Origin for eupatrid

C19: via Latin from Greek eupatridēs, literally: having a good father, from eu- + patēr father

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