amerikai:
brit:
1. One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
2. An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
3. A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
This car park is for patrons only.
4. (Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
5. One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
6. A padrone.
7. A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)
1. To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
2. To treat as a patron.