eupatrid

eupatrid [yoo-pa-trid, yoo-puh-] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural eu·pat·ri·dae [yoo-pa-tri-dee] /yuˈpæ trɪˌdi/.

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

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 Examples from the Web for eupatrid Historical Examples of eupatrid

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

Between the Eupatrid oligarchy and the rule of Peisistratus there comes the timocracy of Solon.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4

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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

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

British Dictionary definitions for eupatrid eupatrid noun plural -patridae (-ˈpætrɪˌdiː) or -patrids

1. (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