patron.
One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
Meaning & usage
One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate. A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.
St. Joseph is the patron of many different places.
An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
This car park is for patrons only.
A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
A padrone.
A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)
Where this word comes from
From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of padrone, Patronus, patroon, and pattern.
To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
To treat as a patron.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of padrone, Patronus, patroon, and pattern.
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