Meaning of PATRON in English

Use in sentences of PATRON

Meaning of PATRON in English

• One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
• A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.
• A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.
• An advocate or pleader.
• One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.
• One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
• A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
• See Padrone, 2.
• To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
• Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

Synonyms of ‘PATRON’

Antonyms of ‘PATRON’

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