patron

From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of padrone, Patronus, patroon, and pattern.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪ.tɹən/
• Rhymes: -eɪtɹən
• Hyphenation: pa‧tron

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patron (plural patrons)

1. One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     patron of my life and liberty

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     the patron of true holiness

   • 1834–1838 (date written), Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Virginia”, in Lays of Ancient Rome, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 154:

     Let him who works the client wrong beware the patron’s ire!

   1. A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.

      St. Joseph is the patron of many different places.

2. An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
3. A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.

   This car park is for patrons only.

   • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:

     In our trial of the AOT, a transect was used to collect data about the languages being spoken by patrons of the NIE cafeteria during lunchtimes.

4. (historical, Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
5. (UK, ecclesiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
6. (nautical) A padrone.
7. (obsolete or historical) A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)
   • 1879, Annie Allnutt Brassey, A Voyage in the "Sunbeam", page 170:

     Half-a-dozen little boys carried it to the inn, where I had to explain to the patron, in my best Spanish, that we wanted a carriage to go to the baths, seven leagues off.

   • 1992, Eric O. Ayisi, St. Eustatius, Treasure Island of the Caribbean:

     [...] would obtain permission from the West India Company to settle in certain areas in the New World and cultivate the land. Sometimes absentee patrons would give the colony to a group of interested persons and the patrons would finance ...

• pattern

• sponsor

patron (third-person singular simple present patrons, present participle patroning, simple past and past participle patroned)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
   • 1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC:

     a good cause needs not to be patroned by passion

2. (transitive, obsolete) To treat as a patron.

• Parton, parton, protan, tarpon

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patron (plural patrons)

1. (uncommon) patron; wealthy person who supports an artist, craftsman, a scholar, etc.
2. (uncommon, Roman Catholicism) patron saint
3. (uncommon, Roman antiquity) patron

• patroon

patron

1. accusative singular of patro

From Old French patron (“patron, protector”), from Latin patrōnus, from pater (“father”).

• IPA^(key): /pa.tʁɔ̃/

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patron m (plural patrons, feminine patronne)

1. a boss, employer,

   Mon patron m’a accordé quelques jours de vacances supplémentaires.

   My boss gave me some extra vacation days.

2. a head of a group of people, a department, a location, etc.
3. (historical, Ancient Rome) a member of the upper classes who offered aid and protection to those lesser than them
4. (obsolete) a protector
5. (dated) a powerful or influential person who supports another's career through their support and approval
6. (prostitution) a pimp or brothel-keeper

   Synonym: proxénète

7. a model or template
8. (sewing and knitting) a pattern
9. a stencil
10. (lutherie) a piece of wood from which an instrument is made

• This is a false friend, the only English sense of this word shared in French is saint patron (“patron saint”).

• → German: Patrone
• → Italian: patron
• → Romanian: patron
• → Russian: патро́н (patrón)
• → Turkish: patron

• “patron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Parnot, Parton, parton, portan, prônât, tarpon, trapon

Borrowed from Spanish patrón.

patrón

1. patron saint

Borrowed from French patron. Doublet of padrone.

• IPA^(key): /paˈtrɔn/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Hyphenation: pa‧tròn

patron m (invariable)

1. patron (of a sports event etc.)
2. pattern (paper, for knitting)

• pronta

patron

1. alternative form of patroun

From Latin patrōnus, from pater (“father”).

patron m (plural patrons)

1. (Jersey, sewing and knitting) pattern

From Latin patronus (sense 1), and French patron (senses 2 & 3).

patron m (definite singular patronen, indefinite plural patroner, definite plural patronene)

1. a patron (person who gives financial or other support)
2. a cartridge (ammunition)
3. a cartridge (e.g. ink cartridge)

• blekkpatron

• “patron” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin patronus.

patron m (definite singular patronen, indefinite plural patronar, definite plural patronane)

1. a patron (person who gives financial or other support)

From French patron.

patron f (definite singular patrona, indefinite plural patroner, definite plural patronene)

1. a cartridge (ammunition)
2. a cartridge (e.g. ink cartridge)

• blekkpatron

• “patron” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin patrōnus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.trɔn/

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• Rhymes: -atrɔn
• Syllabification: pa‧tron

patron m pers (female equivalent patronka)

1. patron, sponsor
2. (Christianity) patron saint
3. guardian, protector

• patron in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• patron in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French patron, from Latin patronus.

patron m (plural patroni)

1. employer, business owner

• IPA^(key): /pǎtroːn/
• Hyphenation: pat‧ron

pàtrōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling па̀тро̄н)

1. patron
2. protector

patron c

1. a cartridge (for a fire arm, or holding for example ink)

• bläckpatron (“ink cartridge”)

patron c

1. (somewhat dated) a squire or millowner (owner of an industrial facility, usually dealing with iron, wood, or glass)

• brukspatron

• patron in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• patron in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• patron in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• norpat

Borrowed from French patron.

• IPA^(key): /pat.ɾɔn/

patron (definite accusative patronu, plural patronlar)

1. boss