Definitions
1.NounOne 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."
2.NounA guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint."St. Joseph is the patron of many different places."
3.NounAn influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
4.NounA customer, as of a certain store or restaurant."This car park is for patrons only."
5.NounA protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
6.NounOne who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
7.NounA padrone.
8.NounA property owner, a landlord, a master.
9.VerbTo be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
10.VerbTo treat as a patron.