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   Patron (?), n. [F., fr. L. patronus, fr. pater a father. See Paternal, and cf. Patroon, Padrone, Pattern.]
   1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. “Patron of my life and liberty.” Shak. “The patron of true holiness.” Spenser.
   
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   2. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him. (b) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself. (c) An advocate or pleader.
   
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   Let him who works the client wrong
   
   Beware the patron's ire. Macaulay.
   
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   3. One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, “a patron of art”.
   
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   4. (Eccl. Law) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. [Eng.]
   
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   5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
   
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   6. (Naut.) See Padrone, 2.
   
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   Patrons of Husbandry, the grangers. See Granger, 2.
   
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   Patron, v. t. To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [Obs.]  Sir T. Browne.
   
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   Patron, a. Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.  Dryden.
   
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   Patron saint (R. C. Ch.), a saint regarded as the peculiar protector of a country, community, church, profession, etc., or of an individual.
   
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