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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 clientsplay

  Familiarity information: PATRONISED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PATRONISED (adjective)


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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