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patron
1[ pey-truhn ]
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.
- Roman History. the protector of a dependent or client, often the former master of a freedman still retaining certain rights over him.
- Ecclesiastical. a person who has the right of presenting a member of the clergy to a benefice.
patrón
2[ pah-trawn ]
noun
, Spanish.
, plural pa·tron·es [pah-, traw, -nes].
- (in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a boss; employer.
patron
1/ patrɔ̃ /
noun
- a man, who owns or manages a hotel, restaurant, or bar
patron
2/ ˈpætərn /
noun
- a variant spelling of pattern 2
patron
3/ ˈpeɪtrən; pəˈtrəʊnəl /
noun
- a person, esp a man, who sponsors or aids artists, charities, etc; protector or benefactor
- a customer of a shop, hotel, etc, esp a regular one
- See patron saint
- (in ancient Rome) the protector of a dependant or client, often the former master of a freedman still retaining certain rights over him
- Christianity a person or body having the right to present a clergyman to a benefice
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Derived Forms
- patronal, adjective
- ˈpatronly, adjective
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Other Words From
- patron·al patron·ly adjective
- patron·dom patron·ship noun
- patron·less adjective
- sub·patron·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of patron1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Medieval Latin, Latin patrōnus “legal protector, advocate” ( Medieval Latin: “lord, master”), derivative of pater “father”; pattern
Origin of patron2
First recorded in 1860–65; from Spanish; patron ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of patron1
C14: via Old French from Latin patrōnus protector, from pater father
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