The definition of a patron is a regular customer of an establishment or someone who provides financial support to some person or cause, such as a patron of the arts.
(noun)See patron in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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Origin: ME patroun < OFr patrun, patron < ML & L: ML(Ec) patronus, patron saint, patron < L, a protector, defender < pater, father
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Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Medieval Latin patrōnus
Origin: , from Latin
Origin: , from pater, patr-, father; see pəter- in Indo-European roots
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