patron
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From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patrōnus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of Patronus and pattern.
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patron (plural patrons)
- One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
- c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
- patron of my life and liberty
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- the patron of true holiness
- 1834–1838 (date written), Thomas Babington Macaulay, “Virginia”, in Lays of Ancient Rome, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 154:
- Let him who works the client wrong beware the patron’s ire!
- A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.
- St. Joseph is the patron of many different places.
- An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
- A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
- This car park is for patrons only.
- 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, , page 4:
- In our trial of the AOT, a transect was used to collect data about the languages being spoken by patrons of the NIE cafeteria during lunchtimes.
- (historical, Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
- (UK, ecclesiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
- (nautical) A padrone.
- (obsolete or historical) A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)
- 1879, Annie Allnutt Brassey, A Voyage in the "Sunbeam", page 170:
- Half-a-dozen little boys carried it to the inn, where I had to explain to the patron, in my best Spanish, that we wanted a carriage to go to the baths, seven leagues off.
- 1992, Eric O. Ayisi, St. Eustatius, Treasure Island of the Caribbean:
- [...] would obtain permission from the West India Company to settle in certain areas in the New World and cultivate the land. Sometimes absentee patrons would give the colony to a group of interested persons and the patrons would finance ...
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patron (third-person singular simple present patrons, present participle patroning, simple past and past participle patroned)
- (transitive, obsolete) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
- 1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC:
- a good cause needs not to be patroned by passion
- (transitive, obsolete) To treat as a patron.
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patron (plural patrons)
- (uncommon) patron; wealthy person who supports an artist, craftsman, a scholar, etc.
- (uncommon, Roman Catholicism) patron saint
- (uncommon, Roman antiquity) patron
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patron
- accusative singular of patro
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From Old French patron (“patron, protector”), from Latin patrōnus, from pater (“father”).
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patron m (plural patrons)
- boss, employer
- Mon patron m’a accordé quelques jours de vacances supplémentaires.
- My boss gave me some extra vacation days.
- (sewing and knitting) pattern
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- This is a false friend, the only English sense of this word shared in French is saint patron (“patron saint”).
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- → German: Patrone
- → Italian: patron
- → Romanian: patron
- → Russian: патро́н (patrón)
- → Turkish: patron
Further reading edit
- “patron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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patrón
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French patron. Doublet of padrone.
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patron m (invariable)
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- ^ patron in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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patron
- Alternative form of patroun
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Latin patrōnus, from pater (“father”).
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patron m (plural patrons)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latin patronus (sense 1), and French patron (senses 2 & 3).
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patron m (definite singular patronen, indefinite plural patroner, definite plural patronene)
- a patron (person who gives financial or other support)
- a cartridge (ammunition)
- a cartridge (e.g. ink cartridge)
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- “patron” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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patron m (definite singular patronen, indefinite plural patronar, definite plural patronane)
- a patron (person who gives financial or other support)
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patron f (definite singular patrona, indefinite plural patroner, definite plural patronene)
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- “patron” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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patron m pers (female equivalent patronka)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French patron, from Latin patronus.
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patron m (plural patroni)
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singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) patron | patronul | (niște) patroni | patronii |
genitive/dative | (unui) patron | patronului | (unor) patroni | patronilor |
vocative | patronule | patronilor |
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pàtrōn m (Cyrillic spelling па̀тро̄н)
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patron c
- a cartridge (for a fire arm, or holding for example ink)
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Nominative | patron | patronen | patroner | patronerna |
Genitive | patrons | patronens | patroners | patronernas |
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- bläckpatron (“ink cartridge”)
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patron c
- (somewhat dated) a squire or millowner (owner of an industrial facility, usually dealing with iron, wood, or glass)
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Nominative | patron | patronen, patron | patroner | patronerna |
Genitive | patron | patronens, patrons | patroners | patronernas |
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- patron in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- patron in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- patron in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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patron (definite accusative patronu, plural patronlar)