patron
/ˈpeɪ.tɹən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
noun
A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
noun
A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
noun
A padrone.
Example Sentences
- "patron of my life and liberty"
- "the patron of true holiness"
- "Let him who works the client wrong beware the patron’s ire!"
- "St. Joseph is the patron of many different places."
- "This car park is for patrons only."
- "In our trial of the AOT, a transect was used to collect data about the languages being spoken by patrons of the NIE cafeteria during lunchtimes."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
- British usage
- Obsolete
- Transitive verb