Both Uses
patronize
in
Black Like Me
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- I went into a drugstore that I had patronized every day since my arrival.†
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- For example, if a black man set up a business, he might very well hear his black potential clients say: "After all this struggle for integration, I'm not going to self-segregate," and refuse to patronize his business.†
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
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(2)
(patronize as in: patronize the store) to be a customer of, or to support (as a patron)
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)