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Sponsor

noun

Someone who supports or champions something. Synonyms: patron, supporter.

An advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.). Synonym: presenter.

verb

Assume sponsorship of. Synonyms: patronise, patronize.

Assume responsibility for or leadership of.

Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of. Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at. Antonym: boycott.

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"Sponsor" Quotes from Famous Books

... baiters and vulgarians lately led by Mr. "Scrappy" Joyce. If Anson is given a free hand he will keep the rowdies in subjection. If he is hampered we venture to predict that Mr. Freedman will soon be hunting another captain. The "old man" will not stand sponsor for ...

— A Ball Player's Career - Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson • Adrian C. Anson

... fat old hypocrite was trimming her sails with hands hardened from long experience. Her embraces and gratitude were a veer in a new direction. In a measure I was to be held to account for the present situation; in a sense to be social sponsor for Mrs. Thomas Cressy. A homeless Harrie, disapproved of by family and friends, would not have made a desirable son-in-law, and I had been seized upon as the most available opportunity within reach to bring her daughter's marriage desirably ...

— People Like That • Kate Langley Bosher

... troubles began from which the poor girl was never to be free again. She lost one of her three little girls, Olivia Byron, for whom the poet had been sponsor. "... It was with difficulty I could get her away from her little dead baby," Moore tells his mother, "and then only under a promise that she should see it again last night...." In 1817, while Moore was in Paris, pursuing his pleasures, another ...

— In a Green Shade - A Country Commentary • Maurice Hewlett

... fair, John, that you should know that Pless is not his real name," she said, lowering her voice. "But, of course, we stand sponsor for him, so it is ...

— A Fool and His Money • George Barr McCutcheon

... heads of the blushing lads, and, turning to their unhappy sponsor, he added with official brevity: "I will put Twiggs's son at me papers in the adjutant's office. Young Pearley can remain with your company until I make out a detail ...

— The Iron Game - A Tale of the War • Henry Francis Keenan

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