patron
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trən 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.
4.
5.
Roman History. the protector of a dependent or client, often the former master of a freedman still retaining certain rights over him.
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patron1 (ˈpeɪtrən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| patron2 (patrɔ̃) | |
| —n | |
| a man, who owns or manages a hotel, restaurant, or bar | |
| patron3 (ˈpætərn) | |
| —n | |
| (Irish) a variant spelling of pattern | |
| pattern or patron2 (ˈpætərn) | |
| —n | |
| (Irish) an outdoor assembly with religious practices, traders' stalls, etc on the feast day of a patron saint | |
| [C18: variant of | |
| patron or patron2 | |
| —n | |
| [C18: variant of | |
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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,
etc.), 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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Example sentences
Assist patrons in person, via phone or electronically.
The tailor adapts the manikin as well as the clothes to his patron's wants.
Inside the other, a note that has now gone missing, identified him as the patron of its manufacturer.
When a patron has been invoiced, all borrowing privileges will be suspended.
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