English Explanatory Dictionary

patron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
  2. A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.
  3. An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
  4. A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
  5. A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
  6. One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
  7. A padrone.
  8. A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)
verb
  1. To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
  2. To treat as a patron.

Pronunciation

/ˈpeɪ.tɹən/ En-us-patron.ogg

Word forms

patron patrons patroning patroned

Etymology

From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of padrone, Patronus, patroon, and pattern.

Related words

impatronize patronage patroness pattern sponsor

Derived words

copatron enpatron micropatron nonpatron patrondom patronize patronise patronless patronlike patronly patron saint patronship playtron

Translations

Arabic: راعي; حامي; وصي; سيد; و Arabic: حريف; زبون Azerbaijani: himayəçi Azerbaijani: himayədar Azerbaijani: havadar Azerbaijani: hami Bulgarian: защитник Czech: příznivec Dutch: beschermheilige Dutch: schutspatroon Esperanto: patrono Finnish: tukija Finnish: suojelija Finnish: suojeluspyhimys Galician: patrón German: Schirmherr German: Patron Greek: προστάτης Ancient Greek: προστάτης Ancient Greek: πρόδικος Hungarian: pártfogó Hungarian: patrónus Hungarian: védnök Icelandic: velunnari Icelandic: stuðningsmaður Icelandic: verndari Icelandic: bakhjarl Italian: patrono Japanese: 守護者 Kazakh: жебеуші Kazakh: желеп-жебеуші Macedonian: ага Māori: kairangi Middle English: patroun Persian: حامی Russian: засту́пник Russian: засту́пница Spanish: patrón Tocharian B: tanāpate Ottoman Turkish: صاحب Vilamovian: patrön
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