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WRITERS > lexicographer, critic > Samuel Johnson
PATRON: One who...
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PATRON: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.
Source: Dictionary of the English Language (1755).
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.