Sanakirja.org

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Substantiivi

1. One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
2. A guardian or intercessor; Synonym of patron saint.
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. (historical, Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
6. (UK, ecclesiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
7. (nautical) A padrone.
8. (obsolete or historical) A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)

Verbi

1. (transitive, obsolete) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To treat as a patron.