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patroning

patroning is the present participle and gerund of patron.

Meaning of patron

Verb

patron (third-person singular simple present patrons, present participle patroning, simple past and past participle patroned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
    • a good cause needs not to be patroned by passion1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To treat as a patron.

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Questions about patroning

What is patroning the present participle and gerund of?
Patroning is the present participle and gerund of patron.

Words near patroning in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patroning (page history and authors); patron (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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