patron
Syllables: pa·tron/ˈpeɪ.tɹən/
patron noun: one who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
Noun
patron (plural patrons)
- One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
- patron of my life and libertyc. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- the patron of true holiness1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.
- St. Joseph is the patron of many different places.
- An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
- Synonyms:
- friend
- A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
- This car park is for patrons only.
- In our trial of the AOT, a transect was used to collect data about the languages being spoken by patrons of the NIE cafeteria during lunchtimes.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4
- A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
- One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
- A padrone.
- A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)
- Half-a-dozen little boys carried it to the inn, where I had to explain to the patron, in my best Spanish, that we wanted a carriage to go to the baths, seven leagues off.1879, Annie Allnutt Brassey, A Voyage in the "Sunbeam", page 170
- [...] would obtain permission from the West India Company to settle in certain areas in the New World and cultivate the land. Sometimes absentee patrons would give the colony to a group of interested persons and the patrons would finance ...1992, Eric O. Ayisi, St. Eustatius, Treasure Island of the Caribbean
Verb
patron (third-person singular simple present patrons, present participle patroning, simple past and past participle patroned)
patron meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
patron in Hindi
- patron; connoisseur
- क़द्रदान qadradān
- patron, supporter
- पोषक poṣak
- patron
- नाथ nāth, ख़ुदा xudā, पक्षी pakṣī
patron in Tamil
- புரவலர், காப்பாளர், நலன் விரும்பி
patron in Marathi
- आश्रयदाता
patron in Urdu
- patron
- ناتھ nāth, پکشی pakšī
More languagesFewer languages
- patron in Bengali
- নাথ nath
- patron in Telugu
- పోషకుడు pōṣakuḍu
- patron in Malayalam
- പുരസ്കർത്താവ്, പറ്റുവരവുകാരൻ, ഒത്താശ ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ
- patron in Kannada
- ಕಾಪುಗ, ಬೆಂಬಲಿಗ, ಹೊಣೆಗಾರ, ಪೋಷಕ
- patron in Punjabi
- ਸਰਪ੍ਰਸਤ, ਸਰਪ੍ਰਸਤੀ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
- patron in Gujarati
- આશ્રયદાતા
- patron in Odia
- ପୃଷ୍ଠପୋଷକ
- patron in Sanskrit
- यजमान yájamāna
- patron in Nepali
- आश्रयदाता
- patron in Arabic
- راعي; حامي; وصي; سيد; و, حريف; زبون harif, zaboun
- patron in Persian
- حامی hâmi
Examples of patron in a sentence
- The bartender Frisbeed a cardboard coaster to the patron at the end of the bar.
- The patron sent back the steak because he objected to its rareness.
- May we request that patrons kindly take their seats.
Synonyms of patron
Forms of patron
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | patrons |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | patrons |
| present participle | patroning |
| past participle | patroned |
| past | patroned |
Origin of patron
From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of padrone, Patronus, patroon, and pattern.
Words formed from patron
Phrases with patron
Words that rhyme with patron
Questions about patron
- What does patron mean?
- Patron means one who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
- What is patron in Hindi?
- Patron in Hindi is क़द्रदान (qadradān), पोषक (poṣak), नाथ (nāth). See Patron meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is patron?
- Patron can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce patron?
- Patron is pronounced /ˈpeɪ.tɹən/.
- What is the plural of patron?
- The plural of patron is patrons.
Words near patron in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: patron (page history and authors); क़द्रदान (Hindi) (page history and authors); patron (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); patron (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ناتھ (Urdu) (page history and authors); নাথ (Bengali) (page history and authors); పోషకుడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); patron (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); patron (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); patron (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); patron (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); patron (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); यजमान (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); patron (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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