'Patronized' definitions:
Definition of 'patronized'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having patronage or clients; "street full of flourishing well-patronized shops" [syn: patronized, patronised] [ant: patronless, unpatronised, unpatronized]
Definition of 'Patronized'
From: GCIDE
- Patronize \Pa"tron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Patronizing.]
- 1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid. [1913 Webster]
- The idea has been patronized by two States only. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer. [Commercial Cant] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals. [1913 Webster]