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

Heeler :: Heeler (n.) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.

Impatronization :: Impatronization (n.) Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession.

Avowry :: Avowry (n.) An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.

Usurper :: Usurper (n.) One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron..

Dedication :: Dedication (n.) An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor..

Patronize :: Patronize (v. t.) To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.

Clientship :: Clientship (n.) Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron.

Patronizing :: Patronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Patroniz.

Patronizing :: Patronizing (a.) Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another.

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

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

Client :: Client (n.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron..

Defensor :: Defensor (n.) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.

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..

Hoity-toity :: Hoity-toity (a.) Thoughtless; giddy; flighty; also, haughty; patronizing; as, to be in hoity-toity spirits, or to assume hoity-toity airs; used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt..

Barber :: Barber (n.) One whose occupation it is to shave or trim the beard, and to cut and dress the hair of his patrons..

Patronal :: Patronal (a.) Patron; protecting; favoring.

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

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..

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