patron

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  1. noun One that supports, protects, or champions someone or something, such as an institution, event, or cause; a sponsor or benefactor: a patron of the arts.
  2. noun A customer, especially a regular customer.
  3. noun The owner or manager of an establishment, especially a restaurant or an inn of France or Spain.
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  • They became enemies to the clergy, because their patron was a Bishop; and endeavoured to render their benefactor odious, because the world could not forget, nor they forgive, how much they were indebted to him.—Vice is not often passive; nor is there often a medium between gratitude for benefits, and hatred to the author of them. —  A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795
  • The owner of City Cafe, her husband and a patron were arrested. —  pal-item.com - Local News
  • The next still shows the young man falling to the ground as another patron is alerting others.
  • If confirmed, the patron was arrested for public intoxication and booked into The Colony Jail.
  • During the final Red Sox-Yankees series, a patron was arrested and removed from the Stadium for leaving his seat to go to the men's room during the playing of "God Bless America" in the seventh-inning stretch. —  Bronx Banter
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admirer ·  scholar ·  supporter ·  protector ·  benefactor ·  founder ·  adviser ·  lover ·  guardian ·  representative ·  teacher ·  follower

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patron:   patrons
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin patrōnus, from Latin, from pater, patr-, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English patron, patroun, a patron, defender, also a pattern (see pattern), from Old French patron, French patron, a patron, protector, master, captain, skipper, etc., also a pattern, model, = Spanish patrono, patron, a patron, also a pattern, = Portuguese patrono = Italian patrono, padrone, a patron, master, etc. (see padrone), = Dutch patroon = German patrone = Swedish Danish patron, a patron, from Latin patronus, a protector, patron (of individuals, or of cities or provinces), also a defender in a court of law, an advocate, pleader, etc., in Middle Latin an example, also a pattern, model, from pater (patr-), father: see father. Cf. patroon, padrone, and pattern, doublets of patron.
  2. from patron, n.
 

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