1. patroness - Noun
2. patroness - Verb
A female patron or helper.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDiana was regarded with great reverence and was a patroness of lower-class citizens, called plebeians, and slaves ; slaves could receive asylum in her temples. Source: Internet
According to the inscription on the architrave, the gate was dedicated by the Athenians to their patroness Athena Archegetis with funding by Julius Caesar and later Augustus. Source: Internet
Death Parker's grave at Lincoln Cemetery Parker died on March 12, 1955, in the suite of his friend and patroness Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter at the Stanhope Hotel in New York City, while watching The Dorsey Brothers ' Stage Show on television. Source: Internet
The Dominican Republic has two patroness saints: Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia (Our Lady Of High Grace) and Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Our Lady Of Mercy). Source: Internet
Brown cast herself as the venal patroness, and so her identification is presumably not with the artist victim, Felicity, who was portrayed by actress Hollis Witherspoon. Source: Internet
Bishop Murphy holds a portrait of St. Agnes, the diocese's patroness, presented it to him as a gift. Source: Internet