Definitions for patroness

patroness pa·tron·ess

Spelling: [pey-truh-nis]
IPA: /ˈpeɪ trə nɪs/

Patroness is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 845 anagrams from letters in patroness (aenoprsst).

Definitions for patroness

noun

  1. a woman who protects, supports, or sponsors someone or something.

Origin of patroness

1375-1425; late Middle English patronesse female patron saint Old French

Examples for patroness

No one heard her ever voluntarily conversing with her patroness.

Her canonization was finalized in 1946, with the Vatican declaring her patroness of Immigrants in 1950.

But Pamela was immovable, and, accordingly, had never seen her patroness since.

The city arms are a ship, which Isis was depicted to hold in her hand, as the patroness of navigation.

Tofte tells his patroness that most of his ‘toys’ ‘were conceived in Italy.’

Lady Hercules was evidently much pleased, and she assumed the patroness.

She was the patroness of every art, and the friend of every man of genius.

"You're wise not to lie I to me," her patroness remarked with just a suspicion of satisfaction.

Thence he went to Veere, but found no opportunity to talk to his patroness.

The patroness of the ex-convict received this assurance indignantly.

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