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patron
- IPA[ˈpātr(ə)n]
美式
- a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity;a customer, especially a regular one, of a store, restaurant, or theater
noun: patron, plural noun: patrons
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity a celebrated patron of the arts Charles became a patron of Rubens and van Dyck 同義詞
- 2. a customer, especially a regular one, of a store, restaurant, or theater we surveyed the plushness of the hotel and its sleek, well-dressed patrons 同義詞
- 3. (in ancient Rome) a patrician in relation to a client.
- ▪ (in ancient Rome) the former owner and (frequently) protector of a freed slave.
- 4. British historical a person or institution with the right to grant a benefice to a member of the clergy.
- 5. short for patron saint