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eupatrid
[ yoo-pa-trid, yoo-puh- ]
noun
, plural eu·pat·ri·dae [yoo-, pa, -tri-dee].
- one of the hereditary aristocrats of ancient Athens and other states of Greece, who at one time formed the ruling class.
eupatrid
/ juːˈpætrɪd /
noun
- (in ancient Greece) a hereditary noble or landowner
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eupatrid1
C19: via Latin from Greek eupatridēs, literally: having a good father, from eu- + patēr father
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Example Sentences
It is not probable that the Eupatrid families were all autochthonous, even in the loose sense of that term.
From Project Gutenberg
It is clear that the executive power in the state (see Archon) was still vested in the Eupatrid class.
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Between the Eupatrid oligarchy and the rule of Peisistratus there comes the timocracy of Solon.
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His father, though connected with the priestly and high-born house of the Lycomedae, was not himself a Eupatrid.
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To that eupatrid, joined before with himself, was now intrusted the command of the Grecian fleet.
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