English Explanatory Dictionary

patronus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Patronus.
noun
  1. A person considered one’s protector.
  2. Something associated with a person, usually an animal.

Word forms

patronus patronuses

Etymology

From Latin patrōnus (“protector”). A reference to J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series; the term first appears in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999). Doublet of padrone, patron, patroon, and pattern.

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