About The Word Patron
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Patron
Patron Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Patron?
[n] a regular customer
[n] someone who supports or champions something [n] (French) the proprietor of an inn Synonyms | Synonyms for Patron: frequenter | sponsor | supporter Related Terms | Find terms related to Patron: abettor | admirer | advocate | aficionado | aid | aider | almoner | almsgiver | angel | apologist | assignor | assister | attender | audience | awarder | backer | befriender | benefactor | benefactress | benefiter | bestower | boatswain | booster | boss | buff | buyer | bwana | captain | caterer | champion | chandler | cheerful giver | chef | chief | chief engineer | chief mate | church dignitary | client | commander | commissariat | commissary | conferrer | consignor | contributor | customer | deck officer | defender | dependence | Dionysus | donator | donor | ecclesiarch | elder | employer | encourager | endorser | exponent | fairy godmother | fan | favorer | feoffor | financer | frequenter | friend | friend at court | funder | furnisher | giver | good person | good Samaritan | goodman | grantor | grubstaker | guarantor | guardian angel | guru | habitue | haunter | help | helper | helping hand | husband | imparter | jack-at-a-pinch | lady bountiful | liege | liege lord | lord | lord paramount | lover | Maecenas | mainstay | maintainer | manciple | mark | master | mate | meal ticket | merchant | ministering angel | ministrant | naval officer | navigating officer | navigator | OD | overlord | padrone | paramount | paranymph | partisan | paterfamilias | patriarch | patroness | philanthropist | pillar | pipes | presenter | promoter | prospect | protagonist | protector | protectress | provider | provisioner | purchaser | purveyor | quartermaster | rabbi | regular | regular customer | reliance | retailer | rock | safekeeper | sahib | sailing master | Samaritan | Santa Claus | second | second mate | seconder | sectary | seigneur | seignior | settler | shipmaster | sider | skipper | spectator | sponsor | staker | stalwart | standby | starets | steward | stock clerk | storekeeper | subscriber | succorer | sucker | sugar daddy | supplier | support | supporter | surety | sustainer | sutler | sympathizer | teacher | testate | testator | testatrix | the Old Man | theatergoer | tower | tower of strength | upholder | victualer | visitor | vivandier | votary | vouchsafer | watch officer | well-wisher See Also | angel | backer | benefactor | client | customer | fixture | godfather | godparent | guarantor | habitue | helper | host | innkeeper | operagoer | owner | patroness | patronne | pillar of strength | proprietor | regular | surety | tower of strength | warranter | warrantor Patron In Webster's Dictionary \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. --Macaulay.
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.
\Pa"tron\, v. t. To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. \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. |
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