Definitions from Wiktionary (patron)

▸ noun:  One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
▸ noun:  A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.
▸ noun:  An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
▸ noun:  A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
▸ noun:  (historical, Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
▸ noun:  (UK, ecclesiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
▸ noun:  (nautical) A padrone.
▸ noun:  (obsolete or historical) A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To treat as a patron.
▸ Also see patron

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