What does "patronize" mean?
Patronize: To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer. [Commercial Cant]
Additional senses
- 2.To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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