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patron

noun
/ˈpeɪ.tɹən/

Etymology

From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of padrone, Patronus, patroon, and pattern.

  1. derived from patrōnus
  2. derived from patron
  3. inherited from patroun

Definitions

  1. One who protects or supports

    One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.

    • patron of my life and liberty
    • the patron of true holiness
    • Let him who works the client wrong beware the patron’s ire!

  2. An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.

  3. A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.

    • This car park is for patrons only.
    • In our trial of the AOT, a transect was used to collect data about the languages being spoken by patrons of the NIE cafeteria during lunchtimes.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained…

      A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.

    2. One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.

    3. A padrone.

    4. A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)

      • Half-a-dozen little boys carried it to the inn, where I had to explain to the patron, in my best Spanish, that we wanted a carriage to go to the baths, seven leagues off.

    5. To be a patron of

      To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.

      • a good cause needs not to be patroned by passion

    6. To treat as a patron.

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Derived

copatron, enpatron, micropatron, nonpatron, patrondom, patronize, patronise, patronless, patronlike, patronly, patron saint, patronship, playtron

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at patron. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at patron. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at patron

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA