One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
(Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
A padrone.
A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)
To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
To treat as a patron.