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patronessing

patronessing is the present participle and gerund 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 patronessing

What is patronessing the present participle and gerund of?
Patronessing is the present participle and gerund of patroness.

Words near patronessing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patronessing (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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