单词 | patronizer |
释义 | patronizern. A person who acts as a patron; a person who patronizes (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > patronage > [noun] > patron avowe1297 avowrya1387 setter-forth1451 fautora1464 patron1466 presidenta1522 benefactor1532 patronizer1596 favourer1625 patroona1641 good fairy1716 fairy godfather1847 avoué1851 tall relative1976 1596 J. Trussell in R. Southwell Triumphs over Death Ep. Ded. I..haue darde, To make you Patronizer of this warde. 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved To Husbandman sig. e2v Though some esteeme it matter of greatest moment, yet you will not all be found patronizers hereof. 1709 H. Sacheverell Perils False Brethren 20 The Author, and Patronizer of Lyes. 1835 New-England Mag. July 30 Mr. Southard..received many political honors from his countrymen, but science and literature have awarded him their gifts; and of them, to the extent of his ability, he has been a friend, and a patronizer. 1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 56 574 His youthful protégés were glad to..become patronizers in their turn. 1872 Scribner's Monthly Sept. 643/2 Mr. Baldwin has prepared a bird's-eye view, so to speak, of the subject, which will doubtless prove very acceptable to that patronizer of easy reading—the general reader. 1938 Times 8 Feb. 15/5 All our Royal Family were patronizers of the stage. 1970 Econ. Geogr. June 418/2 This consumer may exhibit Lösch's single choice syndrome, or he may become a creature of habit but a multiple patronizer. 2003 Aberdeen Amer. News (South Dakota) (Nexis) 16 Mar. a4 When you are treated in a condescending manner, you get the clearest message possible that your patronizer thinks you are too lowly to deserve courtesy and respect. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1596 |
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