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# patroness

«patroness» in Mova's school dictionary: **a woman who supports, protects or pays for a cause, a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (patroness, patronesses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A patroness is a woman who supports, protects or pays for a cause, a church, a school or an artist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patroness/#m1)

2) A patroness can be a female saint or goddess who guards a place or group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patroness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in lessons a lady who helps artists or protects learning; in tales a goddess who guards a city

### examples

- She was the patroness of the new library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patroness/#x1)
- The goddess was the patroness of learning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patroness/#x2)
- Our school has a generous patroness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patroness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «patroness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patroness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.