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English

Etymology

#French|patron, reborrowed from patronus, derived from pater "father".

Pronunciation

{| border=1 cellpadding=5 ! !! w:IPA|IPA !! w:SAMPA|SAMPA |- ! GenAm | /ˈpeɪt(ʃ)rən/ || /"peIt(S)r@n/ |}


Noun

  1. a supporter
  2. a customer
  3. a property owner who hires a contractor for construction works
  4. an influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.


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French

Etymology

From patronus, derived from pater "father".

Noun

  1. boss, employer
  2. : Mon patron m'a accordé quelques jours de vacances supplémentaires.
  3. pattern


Usage notes

This a false friend, the only common use of this word is saint patron "patron saint".

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Patron \Pa"tron\, n. [F., fr. L. patronus, fr. pater a father.
See Paternal, and cf. Patroon, Padrone, Pattern.]
1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
"Patron of my life and liberty." --Shak. "The patron of
true holiness." --Spenser.
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2. (Rom. Antiq.)
(a) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained
some paternal rights over him.
(b) A man of distinction under whose protection another
person placed himself.
(c) An advocate or pleader.
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Let him who works the client wrong
Beware the patron's ire. --Macaulay.
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3. One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work;
a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.
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4. (Eccl. Law) One who has gift and disposition of a
benefice. [Eng.]
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5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
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6. (Naut.) See Padrone, 2.
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Patrons of Husbandry, the grangers. See Granger, 2.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Patron \Pa"tron\, v. t.
To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Patron \Pa"tron\, a.
Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection;
tutelary. --Dryden.
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Patron saint (R. C. Ch.), a saint regarded as the peculiar
protector of a country, community, church, profession,
etc., or of an individual.
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WordNet patron
n 1: a regular customer [syn: frequenter]
2: the proprietor of an inn
3: someone who supports or champions something [syn: sponsor,
supporter]
Moby Dictionary
Dionysus , Maecenas , OD , Samaritan , Santa Claus , abettor , admirer ,
advocate , aficionado , aid , aider , almoner , almsgiver , angel ,
apologist , assignor , assister , attender , audience , awarder , backer ,
befriender , benefactor , benefactress , benefiter , bestower ,
boatswain , booster , boss , buff , buyer , bwana , captain , caterer ,
champion , chandler , cheerful giver , chef , chief , chief engineer ,
chief mate , church dignitary , client , commander , commissariat ,
commissary , conferrer , consignor , contributor , customer ,
deck officer , defender , dependence , donator , donor , ecclesiarch ,
elder , employer , encourager , endorser , exponent , fairy godmother ,
fan , favorer , feoffor , financer , frequenter , friend ,
friend at court , funder , furnisher , giver , good Samaritan ,
good person , goodman , grantor , grubstaker , guarantor ,
guardian angel , guru , habitue , haunter , help , helper , helping hand ,
husband , imparter , jack-at-a-pinch , lady bountiful , liege ,
liege lord , lord , lord paramount , lover , mainstay , maintainer ,
manciple , mark , master , mate , meal ticket , merchant ,
ministering angel , ministrant , naval officer , navigating officer ,
navigator , overlord , padrone , paramount , paranymph , partisan ,
paterfamilias , patriarch , patroness , philanthropist , pillar , pipes ,
presenter , promoter , prospect , protagonist , protector , protectress ,
provider , provisioner , purchaser , purveyor , quartermaster , rabbi ,
regular , regular customer , reliance , retailer , rock , safekeeper ,
sahib , sailing master , second , second mate , seconder , sectary ,
seigneur , seignior , settler , shipmaster , sider , skipper , spectator ,
sponsor , staker , stalwart , standby , starets , steward , stock clerk ,
storekeeper , subscriber , succorer , sucker , sugar daddy , supplier ,
support , supporter , surety , sustainer , sutler , sympathizer ,
teacher , testate , testator , testatrix , the Old Man , theatergoer ,
tower , tower of strength , upholder , victualer , visitor , vivandier ,
votary , vouchsafer , watch officer , well-wisher


PATRON, eccl. law. He who has the disposition and gift of an ecclesiastical benefice. In the Roman law it signified the former master of a freedman. Dig. 2, 4, 8, 1.
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