Patmore

American  

[pat-mawr, -mohr] / ˈpæt mɔr, -moʊr /

noun

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

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Patmore British  

/ ˈpætmɔː /

noun

1. 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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Patmore

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

Lesley Nicol, who plays Mrs. Patmore, the cook, said she was just now learning to cook herself.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 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

"Anybody who sees the lobster doesn't want to be there," says Lesley Nicol, who plays head cook Mrs Patmore.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2014

She found nothing to praise or to attract her interest in the books of George Meredith; on the other hand, Coventry Patmore, with his customary amusing violence, voted her novels "sensational and improper."

From Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse

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