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Meaning Of Patron
n.
One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
n.
A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.
n.
A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.
n.
An advocate or pleader.
n.
One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.
n.
One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
n.
A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
n.
See Padrone, 2.
v. t.
To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
a.
Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.
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