Patmore

American

[pat-mawr, -mohr] / ˈpæt mɔr, -moʊr /

noun

Coventry (Kersey Dighton) 1823–96, English poet and essayist.

Patmore British

/ ˈpætmɔː /

noun

Coventry ( Kersey Dighton ). 1823–96, English poet. His works, celebrating both conjugal and divine love, include The Angel in the House (1854–62) and The Unknown Eros (1877)

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Daisy began her journey at Downton Abbey as a belabored kitchen maid, but eventually the estate’s revered cook Mrs. Patmore took her under her wing.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

Are she and Mrs. Patmore subject to a kitchen-specific time warp?

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2019

Dream movie moment: Mrs. Patmore and Daisy open a tearoom and become the subjects of history’s first reality show.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2019

Mummy comes for a visit from London, where she heads up the nefarious Kensington Firm, and she looks an awful lot like Mrs. Patmore from “Downton Abbey.”

From New York Times • May 19, 2016

Patmore is especially the poet of domestic love.

From The Age of Tennyson by Walker, Hugh

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