patron
/ˈpeɪ.tɹən/ sustantivo B2En español: mecenas, patrocinador, auspiciador, patrón
- One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
- A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint. · St. Joseph is the patron of many different places.
- An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
- A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant. · This car park is for patrons only.
- A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
- A padrone.
Plural patrons
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A noise was heard in the hall; the sergeant called his two patrons with an energetic “hem!” and the door-keeper appearing, called out with that shrill voice peculiar to his order, ever since the days of Beaumarchais:
With respect to Wickham, the travellers soon found that he was not held there in much estimation; for though the chief of his concerns with the son of his patron were imperfectly understood, it was yet a well-known fact that, on his quitting Derbyshire, he had left many debts behind him, which Mr.
In the first place, he must make such an agreement for tithes as may be beneficial to himself and not offensive to his patron.
“Yes, but to be captain one must do a little flattery to one’s patrons.”
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