patron is a Noun
[1] One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. "Patron of my life and liberty." Shak. "The patron of true holiness." Spenser.
[2] A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.
[3] A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.
[4] An advocate or pleader. Let him who works the client wrong Beware the patron`s ire. Macaulay.
[5] One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.
[6] One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. [Eng.]
[7] A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
[8] See Padrone, 2. Patrons of Husbandry, the grangers. See Granger, 2.
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