PATRON
\pˈe͡ɪtɹən], \pˈeɪtɹən], \p_ˈeɪ_t_ɹ_ə_n]\
Definitions of PATRON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
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A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.
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An advocate or pleader.
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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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One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
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See Padrone, 2.
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To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
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Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.
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A guardian saint. - called also patron saint.
By Oddity Software
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One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
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A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.
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An advocate or pleader.
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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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One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
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See Padrone, 2.
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To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
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Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.
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A guardian saint. - called also patron saint.
By Noah Webster.
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A guardian or supporter; as, a patron of music; in business, a regular customer.
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Patroness.
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Acting as guardian; as, a patron saint.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin, Scottish] Among the Romans, a master who had freed his slave, but retained some rights over him after his emancipation; also, a man of distinction under whose protection another has placed himself;—hence, one who countenances, supports, or protects; an advocate; a defender;—a guardian saint or angel;—one who has the gift and disposition of a benefice;—one who has the right of presenting to a vacant ministerial charge.
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