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1 patronize
'pæ-, ]( American) 'pei-1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) behandle nedlatende2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) handle (fast) hos, besøke fastverb \/ˈpætrənaɪz\/, \/ˈpeɪtrənaɪz\/1) være nedlatende mot, patronisere2) beskytte, patronisere, støtte3) ( handel) være kunde hos, være stamgjest hos, handle fast hos -
2 patronise
'pæ-, ]( American) 'pei-1) (to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person: He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants.) behandle nedlatende2) (to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly: That's not a shop I patronize nowadays.) handle (fast) hos, besøke fast -
3 patron
'peitrən1) (a person who supports (often with money) an artist, musician, writer, form of art etc: He's a patron of the arts.) beskytter, sponsor, mesen2) (a (regular) customer of a shop etc: The manager said that he knew all his patrons.) fast kunde, stamgjest•- patronize
- patronise
- patronizing
- patronising
- patronizingly
- patronisingly
- patron saintsubst. \/ˈpeɪtr(ə)n\/, \/ˈpætr(ə)n\/1) beskytter, protektor, velynder2) stamkunde, stamgjest3) ( romerske antikken) patron4) ( kirkelig) patronatsherre, skytsherre
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