Found 3 items, similar to Patron.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: patron
deking, pelindung, penyokong
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: patron
patron
n 1: a regular customer [syn:
frequenter]
2: the proprietor of an inn
3: someone who supports or champions something [syn:
sponsor,
supporter]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Patron
Patron
\Pa"tron\, v. t.
To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
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Patron
\Pa"tron\, a.
Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection;
tutelary. --Dryden.
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Patron saint (R. C. Ch.), a saint regarded as the peculiar
protector of a country, community, church, profession,
etc., or of an individual.
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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.
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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.
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Let him who works the client wrong
Beware the patron's ire. --Macaulay.
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3. 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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4. (Eccl. Law) One who has gift and disposition of a
benefice. [Eng.]
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5. A guardian saint. -- called also
patron saint.
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6. (Naut.) See
Padrone, 2.
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Patrons of Husbandry, the grangers. See
Granger, 2.
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