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noun
1.
a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
2.
a person who supports with money, gifts, efforts, or endorsement an artist, writer, museum, cause, charity, institution, special event, or the like: a patron of the arts; patrons of the annual Democratic dance.
3.
a person whose support or protection is solicited or acknowledged by the dedication of a book or other work.
5.
EXPANDRoman History. the protector of a dependent or client, often the former master of a freedman still retaining certain rights over him.
6.
COLLAPSEEcclesiastical. a person who has the right of presenting a member of the clergy to a benefice.
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| patron1 (ˈpeɪtrən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person, esp a man, who sponsors or aids artists, charities, etc; protector or benefactor |
| 2. | a customer of a shop, hotel, etc, esp a regular one |
| 3. | See patron saint |
| 4. | (in ancient Rome) the protector of a dependant or client, often the former master of a freedman still retaining certain rights over him |
| 5. | Christianity a person or body having the right to present a clergyman to a benefice |
| [C14: via Old French from Latin patrōnus protector, from pater father] | |
| patronal1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'patronly1 | |
| —adj | |
| patron3 (ˈpætərn) | |
| —n | |
| (Irish) a variant spelling of pattern | |
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Word Origin & History
patron
"a lord-master, a protector," c.1300, from O.Fr. patrun (12c.), from M.L. patronus "patron saint, bestower of a benefice, lord, master, model, pattern," from L. patronus "defender, protector, advocate," from pater (gen. patris) "father." Meaning "one who advances the cause" (of an artist, institution,
EXPANDetc.), usually by the person's wealth and power, is attested from late 14c.; "commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery" [Johnson]. Commercial sense of "regular customer" first recorded c.1600.
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