Both Uses of
patronize
in
Moby Dick
- There's your true Ashantee, gentlemen; there howl your pagans; where you ever find them, next door to you; under the long-flung shadow, and the snug patronising lee of churches.†
Chpt 52-54unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it patronizing.
- It is only within the last month or two that that society passed a resolution to patronise nothing but steel pens.†
Chpt 64-66 *unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it patronize.
Definitions:
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(1)
(patronize as in: Don't patronize me.) treat in a manner that demonstrates a sense of superiority, but is supposed to seem kind
or:
the actions of a patron (to support someone or something; or to be a customer) -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, patronize can mean to "give business to" as in "I don't patronize that restaurant because the owner is rude."