'Patron' definitions:
Definition of 'patron'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Patron'
From: GCIDE
- Patron \Pa"tron\, v. t. To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Patron'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Let him who works the client wrong Beware the patron's ire. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Eccl. Law) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- 5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Naut.) See Padrone, 2. [1913 Webster]
- Patrons of Husbandry, the grangers. See Granger, 2. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Patron'
From: GCIDE
- Patron \Pa"tron\, a. Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Patron saint (R. C. Ch.), a saint regarded as the peculiar protector of a country, community, church, profession, etc., or of an individual. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'patron'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Dionysus,
- donator,
- donor,
- ecclesiarch,
- elder,
- employer,
- encourager,
- endorser,
- exponent,
- fairy godmother,
- fan,
- favorer,
- feoffor,
- financer,
- frequenter,
- friend,
- friend at court,
- funder,
- furnisher,
- giver,
- good person,
- good Samaritan,
- 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,
- Maecenas,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- manciple,
- mark,
- master,
- mate,
- meal ticket,
- merchant,
- ministering angel,
- ministrant,
- naval officer,
- navigating officer,
- navigator,
- OD,
- 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,
- Samaritan,
- Santa Claus,
- 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