patronize
verb (used with object)
to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
patronizer
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a word derived from
patronize.
Example Sentences
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He was no patronizer of modern poets or composers.
From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Hugh Miller
But even to his soul he did not utter the remainder of the truth about himself, namely: "I should like to cut a dash before this insufferable patronizer of England and the Five Towns."
From The Regent by Arnold Bennett
