1. patron - Noun
2. patron - Adjective
3. patron - Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryClairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead. Ambrose Bierce
PATRON One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery. Samuel Johnson
Each lost day has its patron saint! Bret Harte
Given lesser opportunities, Kissinger would have done very well as a talk show host. Fortunately for him, although not so fortunately for the United States, he found his patron in Nelson Rockefeller instead of William Paley. Lewis H. Lapham
It should be up to each bar owner and patron to decide if they want to smoke or not. Drew Carey
Greetings are the patron gods of our time. Japanese Proverb