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patron 音標拼音: [p'etrən] n. 贊助人,顧客,保護人 贊助人,顧客,保護人 patron n 1: a regular customer [ synonym: { patron}, { frequenter}] 2: the proprietor of an inn 3: someone who supports or champions something [ synonym: { patron}, { sponsor}, { supporter}] Patron \ Pa" tron\, v. t. To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [ Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster]
Patron \ Pa" tron\, n. [ F., fr. L. patronus, fr. pater a father. See { Paternal}, and cf. { Patroon}, { Padrone}, { Pattern}.] 1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. " Patron of my life and liberty." -- Shak. " The patron of true holiness." -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Rom. Antiq.) ( a) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him. ( b) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself. ( c) An advocate or pleader. [ 1913 Webster] Let him who works the client wrong Beware the patron' s ire. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 3. One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Eccl. Law) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. [ Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] 5. A guardian saint. -- called also { patron saint}. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Naut.) See { Padrone}, 2. [ 1913 Webster] { Patrons of Husbandry}, the grangers. See { Granger}, 2. [ 1913 Webster]
Patron \ Pa" tron\, a. Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] { Patron saint} ( R. C. Ch.), a saint regarded as the peculiar protector of a country, community, church, profession, etc., or of an individual. [ 1913 Webster] 184 Moby Thesaurus words for " patron": Dionysus, Maecenas, OD, Samaritan, Santa Claus, abettor, admirer, advocate, aficionado, aid, aider, almoner, almsgiver, angel, apologist, assignor, assister, attender, audience, awarder, backer, befriender, benefactor, benefactress, benefiter, bestower, boatswain, booster, boss, buff, buyer, bwana, captain, caterer, champion, chandler, cheerful giver, chef, chief, chief engineer, chief mate, church dignitary, client, commander, commissariat, commissary, conferrer, consignor, contributor, customer, deck officer, defender, dependence, donator, donor, ecclesiarch, elder, employer, encourager, endorser, exponent, fairy godmother, fan, favorer, feoffor, financer, frequenter, friend, friend at court, funder, furnisher, giver, good Samaritan, good person, goodman, grantor, grubstaker, guarantor, guardian angel, guru, habitue, haunter, help, helper, helping hand, husband, imparter, jack- at- a- pinch, lady bountiful, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, lover, mainstay, maintainer, manciple, mark, master, mate, meal ticket, merchant, ministering angel, ministrant, naval officer, navigating officer, navigator, overlord, padrone, paramount, paranymph, partisan, paterfamilias, patriarch, patroness, philanthropist, pillar, pipes, presenter, promoter, prospect, protagonist, protector, protectress, provider, provisioner, purchaser, purveyor, quartermaster, rabbi, regular, regular customer, reliance, retailer, rock, safekeeper, sahib, sailing master, second, second mate, seconder, sectary, seigneur, seignior, settler, shipmaster, sider, skipper, spectator, sponsor, staker, stalwart, standby, starets, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, subscriber, succorer, sucker, sugar daddy, supplier, support, supporter, surety, sustainer, sutler, sympathizer, teacher, testate, testator, testatrix, the Old Man, theatergoer, tower, tower of strength, upholder, victualer, visitor, vivandier, votary, vouchsafer, watch officer, well- wisher |
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