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MASCULINE patron FEMININE patroness

patron English

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Definitions in simple English

patron Noun

— A patron is a supporter of something. John, a well known patron of the arts, donated a large sum of money to the local museum last summer. — A patron refers to a regular customer of a business. — A property owner who hires a contractor for construction works

patron

— noun a regular customer — noun someone who supports or champions something — noun the proprietor of an inn

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patron English » English

sponsor protector supporter benefactor customer backer client promoter helper habitue guardian frequenter father regular customer owner friend donor defender clientele boss angel upholder support subsidizer subsidiser subscriber shopper shelterer ruler purchaser prtoector prostate proprietor patronne patronizer patronage originator operator milch cow master lord landlord knob intercessor host handle godfather giver founder financier

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Social behavior Religion Religious organization

Christianity

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Simple sentences

St. Crispin is the patron saint of shoemakers because he is said to have worked as one.

St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.

Movie subtitles

One of the strangest combinations in all of Paris was Ragueneau, pastry cook and patron of the arts.

You'll be a patron of the opera.

Our favorite patron, Madame.

Mr. Kristian is our best patron. We hold him in high esteem.

You see, the idea of artists depending upon a patron lady bountiful has more or less gone out.

A patron of the arts, Mrs. Vane.

She's a great patron of the arts.

The story was that Mr Gunder didn't like the way she treated a patron. Or Altar didn't like the way the patron treated her!

Don't the hungry have a patron saint?

Patron, a drink for my friends, and everyone is my friend.

Anubis, the patron of embalming and guardian of the tomb, stood before us.

Saint Cecilia, his patron saint.

Which Saint Patron's festivities do they celebrate in Jauja?

You have been my friend and patron.

It is beyond reach. A patron of the natives, the ghostly ruler, the powerful God.

He is the patron God of the southern passes, the terrible judge.

A letter of recommendation for duke Rohan, the patron of the Prague Conservatory, will be written by our honorable lord ban himself, at the request from Hedviga.

It will assure you of the patron's attention.

I want you to go out on that balcony and announce to the town that my troupe will perform tonight and you will be our patron.

This is neither a chapel in honor to Babtist San Juan protection patron of the butchers, nor to its tender lamb.

Saint Bartholomew, our patron saint, will protect you.

Our incarnation of Mercury. patron of thieves and go-betweens.

Don Nacio is my patron.

Saint Lucio is the patron of dairy farmers.

It's St. Barbara, the patron saint of artillerymen.

Is she the patron you had to see?

If that's how men are, it's only fair to find a patron and take him for all he's worth.

If my sister doesn't find a patron, I hate to think what will become of her.

If I had a patron, I wouldn't be coming to you.

Then hook a rich patron.

She talks about how kind you are, and how lucky a woman would be to have a patron like you.

He was her patron, but there's nothing between them now.

But I don't have a patron, so it's hard to buy even a single kimono.

I'd like a patron to look after me, but I can't find one.

If I could only find a patron, I'd love him with all my heart.

Please find a patron for me.

Yes, he's my patron.

Your patron?

I saw what a fine patron your husband is to Omocha.

News and current affairs

By continuing to support Assad despite his use of chemical weapons, Russia's standing in the Arab world has gone from patron to pariah.

It is therefore vitally important to take Syria, an ally of Iran and the patron of spoilers such as Hamas and Hezbollah, out of the war equation.

But the double game proved unsustainable: the Islamists were less inclined than their now-ambivalent patron to draw sophistical distinctions between one kind of enemy and another.

What if Medvedev, after a few years, becomes as independent of his patron as Putin became of Boris Yeltsin, the man who put him on the Kremlin throne?

But Putin, because of his non-Moscow and non-Kremlin background, was able to overcome his patron.

But to omit a neighbor like Israel, a Syrian client like Lebanon, or a patron like Iran would be peculiar - and inviting all of them would be a formula for chaos.

Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom and patron of Athens, decides that only a fair trial, with a jury of twelve men, can pacify the furies and restore peace.

During this time of tension, an increasingly self-confident South Korea began to chart a course independent of its American patron.

After Egypt pivoted to the West in the wake of the 1973 war against Israel, America became its main patron.

With tensions between Israel and Iran, Hezbollah's patron, unresolved, this fear cannot be discounted.

Even China, as it poses as Russia's friend and patron, should consider the consequences for itself of such a risk.

Even China, North Korea's main patron, is losing patience with its client state.

Is the Arab world's Cold War patron really back, and, if so, what will it mean for peace in the region?

St. Thomas More is regarded as the patron saint of politicians, which is rather flattering to many of those over whose spiritual interests he presumably presides.

But Musharraf had come to power as the patron of the jihadi s his army was financing, equipping, and training for their forays into Indian territory, and few in New Delhi thought genuine peace could be made with such a duplicitous man.

With the crisis of the 1990's brought on by the collapse of our Soviet patron, many Cubans returned to what Che said about economics, and admit the value of what is achieved with effort.

Of course, Kim Jong-il's sister, Kim Kyung-hee, and his sister-in-law, Jang Seong-taek, will assume something of a regency role, acting both as patron to the Great Successor and as a force to mobilize the military to close ranks behind the Kim dynasty.

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