Definition of Patron

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patron
n. supporter; regular customer; sponsor; guardian, legal guardian

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Patron Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

BTS Transportation Expressions
Patron
A person who intends to use or has used the transit system and is on property affiliated with the transit system. An employee is not a patron. (FTA1)


Patron Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Patron
(v. t.)
To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
  
(n.)
See Padrone, 2.
  
(n.)
One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
  
(n.)
One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
  
(n.)
One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.
  
(n.)
An advocate or pleader.
  
(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.)
A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
  
(a.)
Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.
  

WordNet 2.0
patron

Noun
1. a regular customer
(synonym) frequenter
(hypernym) customer, client
(hyponym) operagoer
(derivation) patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor
2. the proprietor of an inn
(hypernym) owner, proprietor
(hyponym) host, innkeeper, boniface
(classification) France, French Republic
3. someone who supports or champions something
(synonym) sponsor, supporter
(hypernym) benefactor, helper
(hyponym) angel, backer
(derivation) sponsor, patronize, patronise

Anagram
patron
      tarpon

hEnglish - advanced version
patron

patron
patsy n : a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn: chump, fool, gull, mark, fall guy, sucker, schlemiel, shlemiel, soft touch, mug]




Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
patron
pátrún

English Phonetics

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Mabsant
Mabsant = n. a patron saint


Patron Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
patron
patronus, fautor


Patron Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Patrón
Patrón is a brand of ultrapremium tequila produced by The Patrón Spirits Company, in Las Vegas, NV.

Patrón bottles five different varieties of tequila, marketed as Gran Patrón (a high priced silver tequila and añejo version), Patrón Silver, Patrón Añejo and Patrón Reposado. The company also markets a tequila-coffee blend known as Patrón XO Cafe made by Tequilas del Señor and a triple sec known as Patrón Citrónge. Patron has introduced a new high end Ultra Premium Tequila known as Gran Patron Burdeos Añejo; which is currently only available at certain high end restaurants and establishments. The release date of Parton's newest edition to the general public will be as early as September 2007 at a cost of around $700 U.S. Dollars.


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Patronage
Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege and often financial aid given by a person or an organization. It can also refer to the right of bestowing offices or church benefices, the business given by a regular customer, and the guardianship of saints.

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