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Meanings of patron in English

Portuguese
patrocinio
Catalan
col·laborador
Spanish
colaborador
Wikidata

Someone who supports or champions something.

        patrocinio
        Portuguese
        cliente
        Catalan
        client habitual

        A regular customer.

              cliente

              Someone who pays for goods or services.

                    Usage of patron in English
                    1
                    A new patron, a new set of bank cards, a new wardrobe.
                    Number9Dream
                    2
                    He was a patron of law and government and a culture hero.
                    Witch School's First Degree
                    3
                    It appears therefore that Zuma's presidency is founded on a patron-client network.
                    The South African
                    4
                    There are many patron deities for education, for example, and for music.
                    Witch School's First Degree
                    5
                    Thank the blessed stars, not a single patron came to her aid.
                    Burning up
                    6
                    The patron deity is the form of Deity you work with most.
                    Witch School's First Degree
                    7
                    Tell the patron that-toput it in his pipe and smoke it.
                    Barlasch of the Guard
                    8
                    The Church held the power and was still the patron of art.
                    A Text-Book of the History of Painting
                    9
                    At the Court I found a patron in Monseigneur the Duc d'Enghien.
                    Orrain: A Romance
                    10
                    Of the abbey to battle under the banner of the patron saint.
                    The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
                    11
                    The church of the patron saint was the great center of attraction.
                    The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 2
                    12
                    Builder, political governor, religious propagandist, reformer, patron of the arts and science.
                    The charlemagne pursuit
                    13
                    Both of these cities were renamed in honor of his patron Augustus.
                    The Makers and Teachers of Judaism / From the Fall of Jerusalem ...
                    14
                    Slavic fire god, mentioned earlier, who is also patron of the metalsmith.
                    A Wiccan Bible
                    15
                    She is patron of the process of change, of walking through doorways.
                    A Wiccan Bible
                    16
                    He had been the patron of Oates and the tool of Petre.
                    The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
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