patron

[Pa·tron]

A patron supports someone or something. A patron of a business supports the business by being a loyal customer. A patron of the arts helps support starving artists financially, not with food rations.

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One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.

Noun
a regular customer

Noun
someone who supports or champions something

Noun
the proprietor of an inn

n.
One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.

n.
A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.

n.
A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.

n.
An advocate or pleader.

n.
One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.

n.
One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.

n.
A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.

n.
See Padrone, 2.

v. t.
To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.

a.
Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

Patron

Pa"tron , n. [F., fr. L. patronus, fr. pater a father. See Paternal, and cf. Patroon, Padrone, Pattern.] 1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. "Patron of my life and liberty." Shak. "The patron of true holiness." Spenser. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him. (b) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself. (c) An advocate or pleader.
Let him who works the client wrong Beware the patron's ire.
3. One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art. 4. (Eccl. Law) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. [Eng.] 5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint. 6. (Naut.) See Padrone, 2. Patrons of Husbandry, the grangers. See Granger, 2.

Patron

Pa"tron, v. t. To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Patron

Pa"tron, a. Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary. Dryden. Patron saint (R. C. Ch.), a saint regarded as the peculiar protector of a country, community, church, profession, etc., or of an individual.

One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.

To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.

Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

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Usage Examples

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

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Other Usage Examples

I am very excited to accept the role of Honorary Patron with Hope Air because of the national scope of the organization and the very real impact they have on Canadians who need to travel to healthcare.