Patron /(?)/

Pa·tron

Patron

n.
  1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
  2. A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him. (Rom. Antiq.)
    Let him who works the client wrong Beware the patron's ire.
  3. One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.
  4. One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. (Eccl. Law) [Eng.]
  5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
  6. See Padrone, 2. (Naut.)

Phrases & Compounds
Patrons of Husbandry
the grangers. See Granger, 2.

Patron

v. t.
  1. To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [Obs.]

Patron

a.
  1. Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

Phrases & Compounds
Patron saint
a saint regarded as the peculiar protector of a country, community, church, profession, etc., or of an individual.