Definitions
1.nounOne who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
2.nounAn influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
3.nounA customer, as of a certain store or restaurant."This car park is for patrons only."
4.noun(Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
5.nounOne who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
6.nounA padrone.
7.nounA property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)
8.verbTo be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
9.verbTo treat as a patron.