[ˈpeɪtr(ə)n], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause
(e.g: a celebrated patron of the arts)

- a customer of a shop, restaurant, etc., especially a regular one
(e.g: we surveyed the plushness of the hotel and its sleek, well-dressed patrons)

- a patrician in relation to a client

- a person or institution with the right to grant a benefice to a member of the clergy


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patronus ‘protector of clients, defender’, from pater, patr- ‘father’