Matronly :: Matronly (a.) Advanced in years; elderly.

Matronly :: Matronly (a.) Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate..

Matronymic :: Matronymic (n.) See Metronymic.

Matross :: Matross (n.) Formerly, in the British service, a gunner or a gunner's mate; one of the soldiers in a train of artillery, who assisted the gunners in loading, firing, and sponging the guns..

Natrolite :: Natrolite (n.) A zeolite occuring in groups of glassy acicular crystals, and in masses which often have a radiated structure. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and soda..

Natron :: Natron (n.) Native sodium carbonate.

Patrocinate :: Patrocinate (v. t.) To support; to patronize.

Patrocination :: Patrocination (n.) The act of patrocinating or patronizing.

Patrociny :: Patrociny (n.) See Patrocination.

Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

Patrol :: Patrol (v.) t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat..

Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts..

Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts..

Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.

Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol; a fire patrol..

Patrole :: Patrole (n. & v.) See Patrol, n. & v..

Patrolled :: Patrolled (imp. & p. p.) of Patro.

Patrolling :: Patrolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Patro.

Patrolman :: Patrolman (n.) One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman who patrols a particular precinct of a town or city..

Patrolmen :: Patrolmen (pl. ) of Patrolma.

Patron :: Patron (n.) One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender..

Patron :: Patron (n.) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him..

Patron :: Patron (n.) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.

Patron :: Patron (n.) An advocate or pleader.

Patron :: Patron (n.) One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art..

Patron :: Patron (n.) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.

Patron :: Patron (n.) A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.

Patron :: Patron (n.) See Padrone, 2..

Patron :: Patron (v. t.) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.

Patron :: Patron (a.) Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

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