Definitions for patron

patron pa·tron

Spelling: [pey-truh n]
IPA: /ˈpeɪ trən/

Patron is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in patron (anoprt).

Definitions for patron

noun

  1. a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
  2. a person who supports with money, gifts, efforts, or endorsement an artist, writer, museum, cause, charity, institution, special event, or the like:
  3. a person whose support or protection is solicited or acknowledged by the dedication of a book or other work.
  4. patron saint.
  5. Roman History. the protector of a dependent or client, often the former master of a freedman still retaining certain rights over him.
  6. Ecclesiastical. a person who has the right of presenting a member of the clergy to a benefice.
  7. (in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a boss; employer.

Origin of patron

1250-1300; Middle English Medieval Latin, Latin patrōnus legal protector, advocate (Medieval Latin: lord, master), derivative of pater father. See Examples for patron

"It's but what might have been looked for," he said, lightly, in answer to some sad words of my patron's.

Each of his men had, as usual, a patron saint according to his name or taste.

Michelangelo tricked his patron about the David, but sometimes he was forcibly reminded who paid the bills.

At the time, last March, the then-46-year-old Omidyar was being heralded as a patron saint of the financially beleaguered newsbiz.

I hardly spoke to every patron, but there may have been some validity to his assessment.

Napoleon was neither boy nor man, patron, king, nor pope; he was Napoleon!

But the patron is a friend of mine; he will do his very best for you after what I have written.'

He was a scion of immense wealth, a civil rights activist, and an art collector and patron.

I began to thank my patron saint that the Snake River was crossed.

The artist came down and stood beside his patron to assess things.

Word Value for patron
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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