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noun

a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.

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.

a person whose support or protection is solicited or acknowledged by the dedication of a book or other work.

patron saint.

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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Ecclesiastical. a person who has the right of presenting a member of the clergy to a benefice.

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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Medieval Latin, Latin patrōnus legal protector, advocate (Medieval Latin: lord, master), derivative of pater father. See pattern

Related forms

pa·tron·al, pa·tron·ly, adjective

pa·tron·dom, pa·tron·ship, noun

pa·tron·less, adjective

sub·pa·tron·al, adjective

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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Example Sentences

Anxious, depressed patrons who have nowhere else to go are turning some libraries into emotional hotbeds.

Not every library item can go online tomorrow with patrons charged no fees for access.

So a restaurant either sells wine to its patrons or allows them to bring their own, but not both.

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Anxious, depressed patrons who have nowhere else to go are turning some libraries into emotional hotbeds.

Not every library item can go online tomorrow with patrons charged no fees for access.

So a restaurant either sells wine to its patrons or allows them to bring their own, but not both.

Patrons are not allowed to carry beverages or food into the auditorium.

Mississippi lawmakers introduce bill that would ban restaurants from serving portly patrons.

Early laws fixed the price that tavern-keepers could charge for a drink, so they couldn't cater to wealthy patrons.

Next, the narcocorridos will sing about the pilotless planes above the heads of their patrons.

After the collapse of a deal to sell the property to a hotel chain, patrons are demanding that the library be reopened.

Everywhere in the country librarians report that they have never had so many patrons.

Rulers, who were also patrons of the arts, invited foreign craftsmen to court and imported their works.

Patrons should enjoy their refreshments in the lobby area.

Their work was dictated by the rich patrons so alot of them were religious works.

Their patrons wanted to experience-as well as own-the scenery depicted in these works.

The better you dance, the more money you'll collect from your patrons.

The three continued to smoke after midnight, without incident, and patrons at nearby stools and tables did the same.

University librarians are turning to their patrons for ideas on how to improve library services.

In the big hotels, waiters kept offering their patrons extra mugs of beer.

Patrons can bring their own pets or play with one of the owner's several dogs.

We wanted to break down that silo, because engaging with other patrons can add to your experience and memories of the dinner.

Towels were supplied to patrons so they could wipe off the end of the tube after each listening.

At the front desk of the public library, there is a spiral notebook for patrons to jot down comments.

The patrons are automatically vulnerable and at a disadvantage.

It has even been shown that waitresses who touch patrons tend to be tipped more generously.

Regular patrons know to ask for the daily specials, which typically feature the freshest ingredients.

Ohio, sought a way for patrons to leave pointers from one book to another.

If not, she said, the department can order the restaurant to stop using the space for patrons.

Encourage patrons to build their own natural-history collections and give them professional guidance on doing so.

From the north, southerners handed jobs for life by political patrons look privileged.

Patrons receive priority seating in front section of theater.

The live composition process is displayed to patrons on large projector screens.

Music, dancing and entertainment draw patrons to this large restaurant adjacent to the.

Imagine if your vision or strategic plan was to help patrons scale the taxonomy.

Cattelan seems delighted to make specific works for individual collectors, but patrons beware.

Snow discovered that cholera was rampant among patrons whose water originated downstream-contaminated by city sewage.

But for patrons of doggy day care, it may become the canine equivalent of a nanny cam.

Clarke's saloon offered patrons from ironworkers to movie stars the comforts.

Centralized services will mean reduced services for patrons and the need for fewer employees to provide these services.

Patrons quickly learned to dunk a cooked item in the goo afterwards, if at all.

Inside, the patrons are largely bilingual and have family ties on both sides of the line.

Your chances of winning are much better in games that pit you against other patrons instead of against the house.

She said her office had received several complaints about bar patrons urinating and vomiting on nearby lawns.

At a local restaurant, patrons demean and criticize the server for not bringing them exactly what they want when they want it.

Upwardly mobile patrons even appeared in some biblical scenes.

Otherwise, patrons rely on a battery of oscillating fans to stir the equatorial air as they hunch over their food.

They were once limited to patrons of well-stocked libraries.

If patrons are not university faculty, staff or students, their names and addresses will be recorded.

The checkout period often differs among different types of patrons.

Hopefully the patrons respond to a bit of peer pressure and don't stop in only for freebies.

Another feature of his musical evolution is the heroic praise he gives to social clubs and his rich patrons.

With the advent of so much technology, patrons can and do need more help and guidance than ever to navigate.

By the time patrons are seated, they are so hungry that the food must seem heaven-sent.

As other patrons become engrossed in conversations or the paper, calmly lift the camera to your eye and make your exposure.

He also reportedly slipped the drug to patrons at bars and restaurants.

Drop by the restaurant and ask the staff or observe the patrons.

If patrons stopped tipping for this generally unwanted.

Tight tables encourage you to chat with neighboring patrons.

It would be disruptive to other patrons and hard to concentrate.

But crowd-funding patrons are creatures of the market here as everywhere.

On busy nights, waiting patrons can peruse books on food and wine from around the world.

People in costume and character walk around entertaining and interacting with patrons.

The smoking bans chase good patrons away from the clubs, both smokers and non-smokers.

In education for example, the students and patrons have an interest in keeping schools open with adequate resources and teachers.

Cafés have been making books and newspapers available to patrons for centuries, to entice them to stick around for another.

Your boss then screams at you in front of patrons and co-workers.

Still the knowledge that the patrons basically subsidised the practice of legally paying below the minimum wage rankled.

So many patrons are on the phone or texting that the banter of a stranger is not valued or an impolite intrusion.

Many of them even have female wait staff who don't want to engage patrons in unsolicited conversation.

They lacked the nerve for jungle living but had plenty of courage for aggravating their patrons.

Those with wealth have always acted as patrons to those who are able to guide man kind to a greater ideal.

Just go back to the history and see they can do anything and everything easily and it's patrons are there to cheer them.

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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,

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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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"The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital."

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