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3 meanings

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1 —as in:
a patron of the arts

Definition

someone who contributes money to an organization

or:

a supporter of an organization or person

She is well known as a patron of the arts in our city.

patron = someone who contributes money to an organization

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The Earl of Southampton was Shakespeare's only known patron.
I spare you out of love for your father, but I am patron to you no more.
Madeline Miller -- Circe

patron = supporter

Well, we were sort of patrons to his family.
Kiera Cass -- The Selection

patrons = supporters

When he realized what I was talking about, that there were twinkle-bells of sunshine in the room, he smiled like a weather man, like an ecstatic patron of recurrent light, and repeated the news to Daisy.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

patron = supporter

The division of gratifying sensations ought not, in strict justice, to have been equal; for Sir Thomas was fully resolved to be the real and consistent patron of the selected child, and Mrs. Norris had not the least intention of being at any expense whatever in her maintenance.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park

patron = supporter

I tell thee, Syracusan, twenty years
Have I been patron to Antipholus,
William Shakespeare -- The Comedy of Errors

patron = supporter

I have found out who my patron is.
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations

patron = someone who supports an organization or person

...and will repute you ever the patron of my life and liberty.
William Shakespeare -- The Taming of the Shrew

patron = supporter

you would have thought St. Vitus himself, that blessed patron of the dance, was figuring before you in person.
Washington Irving -- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

patron = a supporter (of something)

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2 —as in:
a patron of the restaurant

Definition

a customer — especially a regular one

She is one of our regular patrons.

patrons = customers

Other Uses (with this meaning)

I have been a patron of this establishment for over 10 years.
Before he knew it, he was on the floor, cringing, as the bar fell silent and the patrons stared.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

patrons = customers

The Cut burst in and the suddenly sober patrons overturned tables and trampled one another in their efforts to flee.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

patrons = customers

An established geisha certainly won't jeopardize her reputation by taking on a younger sister she thinks is dull or someone she thinks her patrons won't like.
Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha

patrons = clients

They go out, right, through the group of PATRONS
Peter Shaffer -- Equus

patrons = customers

Like theatre patrons anxious to avoid the crush.
Cormac McCarthy -- All the Pretty Horses

patrons = customers

the near-by city which supplied Sherry Island with its patrons,
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Winter Dreams

patrons = customers

That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden,
Washington Irving -- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

patrons = customers

as patrons walked past them
Mitch Albom -- The Five People You Meet in Heaven

patrons = customers

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3 —as in:
a patron saint

Definition

in some Christian denominations: a saint who is thought to look after a group, activity, or place

Saint George is the patron saint of soldiers.

patron saint = defender (saint who looks after)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The statue in the garden is of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
Saint Jude is the patron saint of desperate and lost causes.
Nurse O'Halloran tells my grandmother, Pray to St. Jude, patron saint of desperate cases.
Frank McCourt -- Angela's Ashes

patron saint = in some Christian denominations: a saint who is thought to look after a group, activity, or place

"The Sheriff should swear by his patron saint that he will not molest us," said Will Stutely; and his addition was carried unanimously.
McSpadden, J. Walker -- Robin Hood
I will be known by secrets at my death, like St. Blas who was killed by wool combs and was made the patron saint of woolcombers.
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
For the King, or at least this is how Malory interprets him, was the patron saint of chivalry.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
He makes me look like the patron saint of ethics.
Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
In literature he is my patron saint.
Booker T. Washington -- Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
For who would dare name the patron saint of England as anything but a hero?
Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing

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Less commonly:

In ancient Roman history, patron referred to the more powerful person in a complex client-patron relationship. The term is still used in some cultures today to describe a property owner who is in charge of workers.

Also see patron saint.

Much more rarely, a patron is the proprietor of an inn.

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