OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 55322

Maecenas

/mʌɪˈsiːnəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
mecenas
A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.
[O]ur young gentleman was shewn into another room, where half a dozen of his fellow-adherents waited for their Mæcenas, who in a few minutes appeared, with a most gracious aspect,…
[…] thou art his dear and loving friend, good and gracious Lord and Master, his Maecenas.
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