Definition of patron

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

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Patronless :: Patronless (a.) Destitute of a patron.
Impetration :: Impetration (n.) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm..
Impatronizing :: Impatronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impatroniz.
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..
Voluntaryism :: Voluntaryism (n.) The principle of supporting a religious system and its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by the aid or patronage of the state..
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..
Patron :: Patron (n.) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him..
Impatronization :: Impatronization (n.) Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession.
Patron :: Patron (v. t.) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
Patronizer :: Patronizer (n.) One who patronizes.
Pap :: Pap (n.) Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap..
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..
Intrusionist :: Intrusionist (n.) One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners..
Patron :: Patron (n.) One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender..
Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor..
Patrocinate :: Patrocinate (v. t.) To support; to patronize.
Auspice :: Auspice (a.) Protection; patronage and care; guidance.
George :: George (n.) A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter..
Patron :: Patron (n.) See Padrone, 2..
Patronize :: Patronize (v. t.) To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals..
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