All 21 Uses
patron
in
The Lost Hero
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- "Would you attack your patron?" the woman chided.
Chpt 7 *patron = supportereditor's notes: In this context, chided is a synonym for "scolded" or "criticized".
- Look, I don't know you, and you're not my patron.†
Chpt 7
- Chiron trickled drops from a medicine vial into Piper's mouth while Jason explained what had happened when the room froze—the dark misty woman who had claimed to be Jason's patron.†
Chpt 8
- "Your patron," Annabeth said.†
Chpt 8
- No, she said patron.†
Chpt 8
- I was guardian of the state, patron of Eternal Rome.†
Chpt 25
- My patron finally brought me through.†
Chpt 28
- Your patron ....†
Chpt 28
- As I said, my patron asks me for small favors from time to time.†
Chpt 28
- Thanks to my patron, I am flesh and blood again.†
Chpt 28
- My patron knows that giants and monsters are not her greatest servants.†
Chpt 28
- No. But we all serve the same greater cause—a patron you cannot begin to challenge.†
Chpt 28
- I stirred the consciousness of my patron, gave her this information, and she managed to wake just a little just enough to visit him.†
Chpt 28
- That was how her patron, the woman in the black earthen robes, had come to the machine shop seven years ago to scare him, ruin his life.†
Chpt 29
- You didn't happen to have a ...patron?†
Chpt 32
- To bankroll our patron.†
Chpt 32
- "So you do have a patron," Jason said.†
Chpt 32
- I do owe my patron a great debt.†
Chpt 32
- The sleeping woman, the one Medea and Midas called their patron.†
Chpt 39
- Their patron, as you call her, has a special relationship with Tartarus, the spirit of the pit.†
Chpt 39
- He even had a patron goddess looking out for him, which had to count for something, even if she seemed a little untrustworthy.†
Chpt 55
Definitions:
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(1)
(patron as in: a patron of the arts) a regular customer; or someone who gives money or support to an organization, cause, or person
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) 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.