Definition of patron

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

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Monarch :: Monarch (n.) A patron deity or presiding genius.
Prestimony :: Prestimony (n.) A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice. The patron in the collator..
Impatronizing :: Impatronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impatroniz.
Avowee :: Avowee (n.) The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.
Patronized :: Patronized (imp. & p. p.) of Patroniz.
Patronage :: Patronage (v. t.) To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend.
Enpatron :: Enpatron (v. t.) To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.
Patrocination :: Patrocination (n.) The act of patrocinating or patronizing.
Fautress :: Fautress (n.) A patroness.
Dedicator :: Dedicator (n.) One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to compliment..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..
Donative :: Donative (n.) A benefice conferred on a person by the founder or patron, without either presentation or institution by the ordinary, or induction by his orders. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3..
Competition :: Competition (n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with..
Clientele :: Clientele (n.) The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.
Pap :: Pap (n.) Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap..
Crispin :: Crispin (n.) A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron saint of the craft.
Pan :: Pan (n.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented..
Patronless :: Patronless (a.) Destitute of a patron.
Royal :: Royal (a.) Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society..
Collate :: Collate (v. t.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to..
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