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patronessed

patronessed is the simple past and past participle of patroness.

Meaning of patroness

Verb

patroness (third-person singular simple present patronesses, present participle patronessing, simple past and past participle patronessed)

  1. To support or sponsor as a patroness.
    • If I buy a ticket for a Flower Show, or a Music Show, or any sort of Show, and pay pretty heavy for it, why am I to be Patroned and Patronessed as if the Patrons and Patronesses treated me?1865, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

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Questions about patronessed

What is patronessed the simple past and past participle of?
Patronessed is the simple past and past participle of patroness.

Words near patronessed in the dictionary

  1. patronal
  2. patronate
  3. patrondom
  4. patroned
  5. patroness
  6. patronessed
  7. patronesses
  8. patronessing
  9. patroning
  10. patronisable
  11. patronisation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patronessed (page history and authors); patroness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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