Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of a patron.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of a patron.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Lacking a
patron or patrons;unsponsored ;unpatronized ;unpatroned .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having little patronage or few clients
Etymologies
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Examples
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Syria becomes isolated; Hezbollah and Hamas, patronless.
Wonk Room » Krauthammer Dreams Of A ‘Moderate’ Iran Dictatorship 2009
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Syria becomes isolated; Hezbollah and Hamas, patronless.
Iran: The Biggest Domino - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState 2009
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Thus by my talents, honesty, and acuteness, I had, considering I was a poor patronless outcast, raised for myself very powerful protectors.
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The following afternoon he went to the dining car for a meal and found the carriage patronless, the tables flecked with debris from what looked to have been a lively and several-coursed lunch.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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The following afternoon he went to the dining car for a meal and found the carriage patronless, the tables flecked with debris from what looked to have been a lively and several-coursed lunch.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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The following afternoon he went to the dining car for a meal and found the carriage patronless, the tables flecked with debris from what looked to have been a lively and several-coursed lunch.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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The following afternoon he went to the dining car for a meal and found the carriage patronless, the tables flecked with debris from what looked to have been a lively and several-coursed lunch.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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The following afternoon he went to the dining car for a meal and found the carriage patronless, the tables flecked with debris from what looked to have been a lively and several-coursed lunch.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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The following afternoon he went to the dining car for a meal and found the carriage patronless, the tables flecked with debris from what looked to have been a lively and several-coursed lunch.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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We have the lamentations of the man without a country, of the friendless wanderer, of the forlorn wife, of the patronless singer, of the wave-tossed mariner; and these laments are always associated with the grand Northern landscapes of which little had been made in ancient literatures:
A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand
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