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Webster 1913 Edition
Patroness
Pa′tron-ess
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
patronnesse
.] A female patron or helper.
Spenser.
Night, best
patroness
of grief. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Patroness
PAT'RONESS
,Noun.
Now night came down,and rose full soon
That patroness of rogues,the moon.
1.
A female guardian saint.2.
A female that has the right of presenting to a church living.Definition 2025
patroness
patroness
See also: patronnesse
English
Noun
patroness (plural patronesses)
- A woman who sponsors or supports a given activity, person etc.; a female patron.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.10:
- And Night, the patronesse of love-stealth fayre, / Gave them safe conduct, till to end they came.
- James Branch Cabell
- […] having children, and serving on committees and boards of patronesses, and maintaining an undiscouraging bank-balance, and being attended a little more and more frequently by physicians […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.10:
Translations
female patron
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