All 13 Uses of
patron
in
Great Expectations
- This was not a very ceremonious way of rendering homage to a patron saint, but I believe Old Clem stood in that relation towards smiths.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1) *
- In these dialogues, my sister spoke to me as if she were morally wrenching one of my teeth out at every reference; while Pumblechook himself, self-constituted my patron, would sit supervising me with a depreciatory eye, like the architect of my fortunes who thought himself engaged on a very unremunerative job.†
Chpt 12 (definition 2)
- It would all come out in good time, I observed, and in the meanwhile nothing was to be said, save that I had come into great expectations from a mysterious patron.†
Chpt 18 (definition 2)
- that the youth's earliest patron, companion, and friend, was a highly respected individual not entirely unconnected with the corn and seed trade, and whose eminently convenient and commodious business premises are situate within a hundred miles of the High Street.†
Chpt 28 (definition 2)
- I entertain a conviction, based upon large experience, that if in the days of my prosperity I had gone to the North Pole, I should have met somebody there, wandering Esquimaux or civilized man, who would have told me that Pumblechook was my earliest patron and the founder of my fortunes.†
Chpt 28 (definition 2)
- Never even hinted, for instance, that your patron might have views as to your marriage ultimately?†
Chpt 30 (definition 2)
- "Is it likely," I said, after hesitating, "that my patron, the fountain-head you have spoken of, Mr. Jaggers, will soon—" there I delicately stopped.†
Chpt 36 (definition 2)
- To state that my terrible patron carried this little black book about the world solely to swear people on in cases of emergency, would be to state what I never quite established; but this I can say, that I never knew him put it to any other use.†
Chpt 40 (definition 2)
- He had no occasion to say after that that he had conceived an aversion for my patron, neither had I occasion to confess my own.†
Chpt 41 (definition 2)
- I have found out who my patron is.
Chpt 44 (definition 2) *patron = someone who supports an organization or person
- His being my lawyer, and his being the lawyer of your patron is a coincidence.†
Chpt 44 (definition 2)
- But I had quite determined that it would be a heartless fraud to take more money from my patron in the existing state of my uncertain thoughts and plans.†
Chpt 47 (definition 2)
- "Have you heard, Joe," I asked him that evening, upon further consideration, as he smoked his pipe at the window, "who my patron was?"†
Chpt 57 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (patron saint as in: a patron saint) in some Christian denominations: a saint who is thought to look after a group, activity, or place
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(2) (patron as in: a patron of the arts) someone who contributes money to an organization
or:
a supporter of an organization or person