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# patron

noun (a patron, patrons)

«patron» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A patron is a person who gives money or support to an artist, a charity or a group. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patron/#m1)
2. A customer of a shop, restaurant, library or other place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patron/#m2)
3. A patron saint is a saint who is believed to protect a country, a place or a group of people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patron/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in history about kings and rich people who paid artists. In everyday life signs say "Patrons only" for customers. Phrase: "patron saint" (Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland).

### Examples

- Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patron/#x1)
- The library asks patrons to be quiet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patron/#x2)
- The queen was a patron of the hospital charity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patron/#x3)
- Rich patrons paid painters long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patron/#x4)
- Parking is for patrons only. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patron/#x5)
- The restaurant thanked its patrons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patron/#x6)
- Saint George is the patron saint of England. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patron/#x7)
- Mercury soon appeared and said to him, “O thou most base fellow? how can I believe thee, who hast disowned and wronged thy former patron?” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patron/#x8)

### Note

Countable. "Patron" (a person) is different from "pattern" (a design). Related: patronage, patronise (which can also mean to talk down to someone).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «patron» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/patron/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«patron» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/patron.html) on Mova free.