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Definition of Patronless
1. Adjective. Having little patronage or few clients. "A restaurant unpatronized by the elite"
Definition of Patronless
1. a. Destitute of a patron.
Definition of Patronless
1. Adjective. Lacking a patron or patrons; unsponsored; unpatronized. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patronless
Literary usage of Patronless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"patronless, (pa'-trun-les) a. Without a patron. To PATRONISE, (pat'-tro-niie) ».
a. To protect ; to support ; to defend ; to countenance. ..."
2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"... they felt their own insignificance, and quailed beneath the blow in silence.
They saw that there was growing up beside them a vast class of patronless ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1874)
"... it at present 1 The abolition of purchase and of corporate preferment will
leave a large number of benefices patronless. Who shall be the new patrons ? ..."
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