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PATRONESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
Synonyms:
patroness; patronne
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("patroness" is a kind of...):
patron; sponsor; supporter (someone who supports or champions something)
Context examples:
A fortunate chance had recommended him to Lady Catherine de Bourgh when the living of Hunsford was vacant; and the respect which he felt for her high rank, and his veneration for her as his patroness, mingling with a very good opinion of himself, of his authority as a clergyman, and his right as a rector, made him altogether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
