eupatrid
one of the hereditary aristocrats of ancient Athens and other states of Greece, who at one time formed the ruling class.
Origin of eupatrid
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How to use eupatrid in a sentence
The political history of the Eupatridae is that of a gradual curtailment of privilege.
The exact relation of the Eupatridae to the other two classes has been a matter of dispute.
It was to their control over the machinery of law that the Eupatridae owed their predominance.
They represented either a class of the whole population, or, according to Busolt, a commercial nobility (see Eupatridae).
Up to his time the laws of Athens were unwritten, and were administered arbitrarily by the Eupatridae.
British Dictionary definitions for eupatrid
/ (juːˈpætrɪd) /
(in ancient Greece) a hereditary noble or landowner
Origin of eupatrid
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