Maecenas

Maecenas englanniksi

1. A generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.

2. (RQ:Burton Melancholy) thou art his dear and loving friend, good and gracious Lord and Master, his Maecenas.

3. (RQ:Smollett Peregrine Pickle)

4. 2002, (w), ''The Great Nation'', Penguin 2003, p. 329:

The government (..) maintained one of the largest armies in Europe; it developed what became, by the 1780s, a navy as big as the British; and it played the role of cultural Maecenas.

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6. (non-gloss definition) — famously held by:

7. (w), a Roman patron

8. (l) (gloss)