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Definition of Patronizes
1. patronize [v] - See also: patronize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patronizes
Literary usage of Patronizes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biographical, Literary, and Political Anecdotes of Several of the Most by John Almon (1797)
"His Ambition to be thought a Maecenas. Patronizes Sir J. Dalrymple and Mr. Lind.
ffis Ambition to be thought a State/man. ..."
2. Memoirs of the Court of England, from the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of by John Heneage Jesse (1846)
"The Queen patronizes Butler, Savage, and Stephen Duck.— Philosophical disputation
between Clarke and Leibnitz, referred to the Queen as arbitress. ..."
3. Secret Memoirs of Princess Lamballe: Being Her Journals, Letters, and by Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh, Catherine Hyde Govion Broglio Solari (1901)
"Journal Continued — Archbishop of Sens Made Minister, Dismissed, and His Effigy
Burned — The Queen Imprudently Patronizes His Relations— Mobs—Dangerous ..."
4. The Life of George Brummell, Esq., Commonly Called Beau Brummell by William Jesse (1844)
"... patronizes his father, and subsequently introduces him to Lord North—Made
private secretary to that nobleman—The Richardson family—George and his Aunt ..."
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