Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make a
patron - verb To treat as inferior unduly,
talk down to, treatcondescendingly . - verb To make oneself a regular
customer of a business.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb assume sponsorship of
- verb do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- verb treat condescendingly
- verb be a regular customer or client of
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word patronise.
Examples
-
The clergyman, the district visitor, the professional slummer -- all the people who "patronise" -- never learn the truth, and they positively invite the wastrel classes to lie.
The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary James Runciman 1871
-
Swarmed around to "patronise" him, was the toughest of tough jobs.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 16, 1892 Various
-
But somehow, it got whispered about that the King had attempted to 'patronise' the poet, and that the poet had very indignantly resented the offered Royal condescension.
Temporal Power Marie Corelli 1889
-
They raise their families in gigantic apartments, send their children to the best private schools and patronise the pricey bistros that dot the street corners.
Worlds apart – the neighbourhoods that sum up a divided America 2011
-
Continue to patronise us at your peril and the'll be no one to pull you out.
John Maynard Keynes: The master and the doctor | Editorial 2011
-
Hopefully they will enforce strict penalties against the men who patronise strip clubs, and will throw bans against pornography and prostititution into the mix as well.
-
Hopefully they will enforce strict penalties against the men who patronise strip clubs, and will throw bans against pornography and prostititution into the mix as well.
-
Such token efforts by the metropolitan elite to patronise those whom they have left unrepresented for so long should be treated with the disdain they so richly deserve.
Why choose such an elitist bunch to discuss Labour? | letters 2011
-
As to the film, all it does, says the reviewer, is patronise those cast as the lower classes.
Hugh Muir's Diary 2011
-
Nick Clegg will tell Demos that the current paternity leave rules 'patronise women and marginalise men'.
Parental leave system puts unfair burden on mothers, says Nick Clegg 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.