patron

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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Noun

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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     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 ...

Derived terms

Related terms

• pattern

Translations

See also

• sponsor

Verb

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, Tho[mas] Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici. , 4th edition, London: E. Cotes for Andrew Crook , published 1656, →OCLC:

     a good cause needs not to be patroned by passion

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

Anagrams

• Parton, parton, protan, tarpon

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• patroon

Esperanto

Noun

patron

1. accusative singular of patro

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.tʁɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

patron m (plural patrons)

1. boss, employer

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

   My boss gave me some extra vacation days.

2. (sewing and knitting) pattern

Usage notes

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

Related terms

• patronat

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “patron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• prônât

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patrón.

Noun

patrón

1. patron saint

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French patron. Doublet of padrone.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

patron m (invariable)

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

References

Anagrams

• pronta

Middle English

Noun

patron

1. Alternative form of patroun

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

patron m (plural patrons)

1. (Jersey, sewing and knitting) pattern

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

patron

Wikipedia ^no

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Patron (ammunisjon)

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

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

Noun

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)

Derived terms

• blekkpatron

References

• “patron” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin patronus.

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

From French patron.

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

• blekkpatron

References

• “patron” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

patron

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

From Latin patrōnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpat.rɔn/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -atrɔn
• Syllabification: pat‧ron

Noun

patron m pers (female equivalent patronka)

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

Declension

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French patron, from Latin patronus.

Noun

patron m (plural patroni)

1. employer, business owner

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pàtrōn m (Cyrillic spelling па̀тро̄н)

1. patron
2. protector

Declension

Swedish

Noun

patron c

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

Declension

Derived terms

• bläckpatron (“ink cartridge”)

Noun

patron c

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

Declension

Derived terms

• brukspatron

References

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

Anagrams

• norpat

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French patron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat.ɾɔn/

Noun

patron (definite accusative patronu, plural patronlar)

1. boss

Declension