Patron
['peɪtr(ə)n] or ['petrən]
Definition
(noun.) a regular customer.
(noun.) someone who supports or champions something.
(noun.) the proprietor of an inn.
Editor: Upton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
(n.) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.
(n.) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.
(n.) An advocate or pleader.
(n.) One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.
(n.) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
(n.) A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
(n.) See Padrone, 2.
(v. t.) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
(a.) Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.
Editor: Terence
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Defender, advocate, protector, supporter, favorer, guardian, good genius, tutelary saint.
Edited by Amber
Definition
n. a protector: one who countenances or encourages: one who has the right to appoint to any office esp. to a living in the church: a guardian saint:—fem. Pā′troness.—v.t. to treat as a patron.—n. Pā′tronage the support given by a patron: guardianship of saints: the right of bestowing offices privileges or church benefices.—v.t. (Shak.) to support.—adj. Pā′tronal.—n. Pātronisā′tion.—v.t. Pā′tronīse to act as a patron toward: to give countenance or encouragement to: to assume the air of a patron towards.—n. Pā′tronīser.—adj. Pā′tronīsing.—adv. Pā′tronīsingly.—adj. Pā′tronless.
Edited by Clare
Examples
- He was acutely conscious that this was an enterprise too great for any one man, and he used his utmos t endeavors to induce James I to become the patron of the plan. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- On either side are represented as hanging small pictures of Tycho's patron, Frederick II of Denmark (d. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We had to walk two miles to Brocklebridge Church, where our patron officiated. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And this, sir,' Silas would say to his patron, sadly nodding his head and musing, 'was once Our House! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A charter of incorporation was granted in July, 1662; and, later, Charles II proclaimed himself founder and patron of the Royal Society for the advancement of natural science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I told them what a fine fellow Steerforth was, and what a patron of mine, and Peggotty said she would walk a score of miles to see him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She stopped in her wild crying, a little detached herself from Emma Gordon, and turned her face full upon her patron. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I am an obscure, unnoticed man, without patron or friend to help me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Bitzer, still holding the paralysed culprit by the collar, stood in the Ring, blinking at his old patron through the darkness of the twilight. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Waldemar Fitzurse, who probably thought his patron was not taking the readiest road to popularity, shrugged up his shoulders and was silent. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- His poor clerk and sexton delighted in him; the noble patron of his living esteemed him highly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The gentleman was an enthusiastic collector of Oriental antiquities, and had been for many years a liberal patron of the establishment in Lambeth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I will answer for my patron, said the Priest, joyously. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- After some cogitation, accompanied with an intent look at his patron, Mr. Cruncher conceived the luminous idea of replying, Agicultooral character. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mr. Luker called a cab, and drove off instantly to his liberal patron. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The shops were opening and the cafes filling with early morning patrons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Two or three of the houses were occupied by the families of members of the staff; in the others boarders were taken, the laboratory, of course, furnishing all the patrons. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A bell summoned the teachers, patrons, and patronesses to the schoolroom. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And as to the Patrons and Patronesses themselves, I wonder they're not ashamed of themselves. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Popes have long been the patrons and preservers of art, just as our new, practical Republic is the encourager and upholder of mechanics. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These are the patrons and teachers, who are to swell the procession. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And with this, and a profound bow to his patrons, the Manager retires, and the curtain rises. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I am told that the old masters had to do these shameful things for bread, the princes and potentates being the only patrons of art. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Better known to the patrons of our excursion boats and the visitors to our splendid battleships, are the electric search lights. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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