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PATRONISED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does patronised mean?
• PATRONISED (adjective)
The adjective PATRONISED has 1 sense:
1. having patronage or clients
Familiarity information: PATRONISED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having patronage or clients
Synonyms:
patronised; patronized
Context example:
street full of flourishing well-patronized shops
Context examples
It was a concert for the benefit of a person patronised by Lady Dalrymple.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
He was a man loved and honoured by all who knew him; and in his youth was, I have heard, the inventor of a burnt rum punch, much patronised on Derby night.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
That he is patronised by YOU, replied Willoughby, is certainly in his favour; but as for the esteem of the others, it is a reproach in itself.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
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