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1
to assume or treat with an air of superiority
- a director with an unpleasant habit of patronizing even his most gifted actors
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2
to promote the interests or cause of
- a company that loyally patronizes the arts
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- advocate,
- back,
- champion,
- endorse
- (also indorse),
- plump (for),
- plunk (for)
- or plonk (for),
- support
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“Patronize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patronize. Accessed 23 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of patronize was in 1589
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