German

Noun

Patron m ‎(genitive Patrons, plural Patrone)

1. patron
2. (religion) patron saint

Synonyms

• (patron): Schirmherr
• (religion): Namenspatron, Schutzheiliger, Schutzpatron

English

Noun

patron ‎(plural patrons)

1. One who protects or supports; a defender.
   • Shakespeare

     patron of my life and liberty

   • Spenser

     the patron of true holiness

2. A regular customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.

   This car park is for patrons only.

3. A property owner who hires a contractor for construction works.
4. An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
5. (historical, Roman antiquity) A master who had freed his slave but still retained some paternal rights over him.
6. An advocate or pleader.
   • Macaulay

     Let him who works the client wrong / Beware the patron's ire.

7. (Britain, ecclestiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
8. (nautical) A padrone.

Derived terms

Related terms

• pattern

Translations

See also

• sponsor

Verb

patron ‎(third-person singular simple present patrons, present participle patroning, simple past and past participle patroned)

1. (obsolete) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)

Anagrams

• parton, tarpon

Afrikaans

Noun

patron ‎(plural patrons)

1. (uncommon) patron; wealthy person who supports an artist, craftsman, a scholar, etc.
2. (uncommon, Roman Catholicism) patron saint
3. (uncommon, Roman antiquity) patron

Synonyms

• patroon

Esperanto

Noun

patron

1. accusative singular of patro

French

Etymology

Old French patron ‎(“patron, protector”), from Latin patrōnus, from pater ‎(“father”).

Pronunciation

Noun

patron m ‎(plural patrons)

1. boss, employer

   Mon patron m’a accordé quelques jours de vacances supplémentaires.‎

   My boss gave me some extra vacation days.

2. (sewing and knitting) pattern

Usage notes

• This is a false friend, the only English sense of this word shared in French is saint patron ‎(“patron saint”).

Anagrams

• prônât

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish patrón.

Noun

patrón

1. patron saint

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from French patron.

Noun

patron m ‎(invariable)

1. patron (of a sports event etc)
2. pattern (paper, for knitting)

Anagrams

• pronta

Norman

Etymology

From Latin patrōnus, from pater ‎(“father”).

Noun

patron m ‎(plural patrons)

1. (Jersey, sewing and knitting) pattern

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin patronus (sense 1), and French patron (senses 2 & 3)

Noun

patron m ‎(definite singular patronen, indefinite plural patroner, definite plural patronene)

1. a patron (person who gives financial or other support)
2. a cartridge (ammunition)
3. a cartridge (e.g. ink cartridge)

Derived terms

• blekkpatron

References

• “patron” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin patronus

Noun

patron m ‎(definite singular patronen, indefinite plural patronar, definite plural patronane)

1. a patron (person who gives financial or other support)

Etymology 2

From French patron

Noun

patron f ‎(definite singular patrona, indefinite plural patroner, definite plural patronene)

1. a cartridge (ammunition)
2. a cartridge (e.g. ink cartridge)

Derived terms

• blekkpatron

References

• “patron” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǎtroːn/
• Hyphenation: pat‧ron

Noun

pàtrōn m ‎(Cyrillic spelling па̀тро̄н)

1. patron
2. protector

Declension

Swedish

Noun

patron c

1. cartridge for a fire arm

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French patron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [patɾon]

Noun

patron ‎(definite accusative patronu, plural patronlar)

1. boss

Declension