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Patrician



[pəˈtriSHən]


NOUN
an aristocrat or nobleman.

ADJECTIVE
belonging to or characteristic of the aristocracy.



Salient



[ˈsālyənt]

ADJECTIVE
1. most noticeable or important.

2. prominent; conspicuous.

3. (of an angle) pointing outward. The opposite of re-entrant.

4. (of an animal) standing on its hind legs with the forepaws raised, as if leaping.

NOUN
a piece of land or section of fortification that juts out to form an angle.


Bonus fact from Merriam-Webster:

Salient first popped up in English as a word referring to the act of leaping. It is from the Latin verb salire, which means "to leap." Today, salient is usually used to describe things that "leap out," such as the salient features of a painting or the salient points in an argument.

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