patron

Etymology
From, , from , from , derived from. .

Noun

 * 1) One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
 * 2) A guardian or intercessor;.
 * 3) An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
 * 4) A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
 * 5)  A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
 * 6)  One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
 * 7)  A padrone.
 * 8)  A property owner, a landlord, a master.
 * 1)  A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
 * 2)  One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
 * 3)  A padrone.
 * 4)  A property owner, a landlord, a master.
 * 1)  A padrone.
 * 2)  A property owner, a landlord, a master.

Translations

 * Arabic: راعي (ممول); حامي; وصي; سيد (مولى); و, حريف; زبون
 * Azerbaijani: himayəçi, himayədar,, hami
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, ; suojeluspyhimys
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: προστάτης, πρόδικος
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: velunnari, stuðningsmaður, verndari, bakhjarl
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 守護者
 * Macedonian: ага
 * Maori: kairangi
 * Middle English: patroun
 * Persian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tocharian B: tanāpate
 * Vilamovian: patrön


 * Azerbaijani: hami, mesenat
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech: mecenáš
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, パトロン
 * Macedonian: ага
 * Manx: ard-charrey
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, patrocinador, auspiciador
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Mandarin:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
 * 2)  To treat as a patron.
 * 1)  To treat as a patron.

Noun

 * 1)  patron; wealthy person who supports an artist, craftsman, a scholar, etc.
 * 2)  patron saint
 * 3)  patron

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) boss, employer
 * 2)  pattern
 * 1)  pattern

Usage notes

 * This is a false friend, the only English sense of this word shared in French is.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) patron saint

Etymology
..

Noun

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

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  pattern

Etymology
From (sense 1), and  (senses 2 & 3).

Noun

 * 1) a
 * 2) a cartridge
 * 3) a cartridge

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) a

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) a cartridge
 * 2) a cartridge

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * , sponsor
 * 1)  patron saint
 * 2) guardian, protector

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) employer, business owner

Noun

 * 1) protector
 * 1) protector

Noun

 * 1) a cartridge (for a fire arm, or holding for example ink)

Noun

 * 1)  a squire or millowner (owner of an industrial facility, usually dealing with iron, wood, or glass)

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) boss