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patronizing

Variant of patronize

transitive verb patronized, patronizing

  1. to act as a patron toward; sponsor; support
  2. to be kind or helpful to, but in a haughty or snobbish way, as if dealing with an inferior
  3. to be a regular customer of (a store, merchant, etc.)

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