单词 | patronne |
释义 | patronnen.ΚΠ 1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain I. vii. 51 Your female Patronne..for they are all conducted by females. 2. A woman who is the owner, or the wife of the owner, of a business, esp. a cafe, hotel, or restaurant. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > keeper of eating-house > [noun] > specific female hostessc1290 wardin1493 landlady1654 patronne1898 1867 Galaxy Aug. 394 She had lived with the patronne ever since. 1898 W. J. Locke Idols xxiii. 324 The little inn came in sight... The buxom patronne..was grinding coffee. 1921 Spectator 9 Apr. 465/1 The patronne came in, and gave me a liqueur glass of rum. 1955 Times 8 Aug. 8/7 Madame Ribard, the patronne, had surpassed herself. 1995 Times 30 Aug. 17/5 An ethos in which..Sutherland himself could be forcibly ejected from the Colony Room by Muriel Belcher, that establishment's redoubtable patronne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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