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patroniser

patroniser is the alternative spelling of patronizer.

Meaning of patronizer

Noun

patronizer (plural patronizers)

  1. A person who patronizes
    Synonyms:
    infantilizer

Forms of patroniser

pluralpatronisers

Origin of patroniser

From patronise + -er.

Questions about patroniser

What is patroniser the alternative spelling of?
Patroniser is the alternative spelling of patronizer.

Words near patroniser in the dictionary

  1. patronisable
  2. patronisation
  3. patronisations
  4. patronise
  5. patronised
  6. patroniser
  7. patronisers
  8. patronises
  9. patronising
  10. patronisingly
  11. patronite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patroniser (page history and authors); patronizer (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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