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PATRON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A regular customer
Synonyms:
frequenter; patron
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("patron" is a kind of...):
client; customer (someone who pays for goods or services)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "patron"):
operagoer (a patron of the opera)
fixture; habitue; regular (a regular patron)
Derivation:
patronise (be a regular customer or client of)
patronise (do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of)
patronize (be a regular customer or client of)
patronize (do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who supports or champions something
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("patron" is a kind of...):
benefactor; helper (a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "patron"):
angel; backer (invests in a theatrical production)
godfather (someone having a relation analogous to that of a male sponsor to his godchild)
godparent (a person who sponsors someone (the godchild) at baptism)
guarantor; surety; warranter; warrantor (one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another)
patroness; patronne (a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron)
pillar of strength; tower of strength (a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort)
Derivation:
patronise; patronize (assume sponsorship of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The proprietor of an inn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("patron" is a kind of...):
owner; proprietor ((law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business)
Domain region:
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "patron"):
boniface; host; innkeeper (the owner or manager of an inn)
Context examples:
If you work in music, the arts, or entertainment, your income could be very strong this year because Neptune is the patron planet of the arts, and together with Jupiter will create lots of opportunities for you to shine.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The division of gratifying sensations ought not, in strict justice, to have been equal; for Sir Thomas was fully resolved to be the real and consistent patron of the selected child, and Mrs. Norris had not the least intention of being at any expense whatever in her maintenance.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A living, of which Mr. Morland was himself patron and incumbent, of about four hundred pounds yearly value, was to be resigned to his son as soon as he should be old enough to take it; no trifling deduction from the family income, no niggardly assignment to one of ten children.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
She’d never make a patron, never!
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He is not my private friend and public patron, as Steerforth was, but I hold him in a reverential respect.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Everybody's health was proposed, from Mr. Laurence, who was considered their special patron, to the astonished guinea pig, who had strayed from its proper sphere in search of its young master.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
In the first place, he must make such an agreement for tithes as may be beneficial to himself and not offensive to his patron.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
To this I added another petition, that for the sake of my patron the king of Luggnagg, his majesty would condescend to excuse my performing the ceremony imposed on my countrymen, of trampling upon the crucifix: because I had been thrown into his kingdom by my misfortunes, without any intention of trading.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
A high place at court was given to him, and he spent many years at Windsor under the second Richard and the fourth Henry—where he received the honor of the Garter, and won the name of being a brave soldier, a true-hearted gentleman, and a great lover and patron of every art and science which refines or ennobles life.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“She’s not a patron of sport, and that’s a fact,” said the smith.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
