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One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. |
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A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some
paternal rights over him. |
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A man of distinction under whose protection another person
placed himself. |
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An advocate or pleader. |
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One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a
furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art. |
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One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. |
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A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint. |
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See Padrone, 2. |
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To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. |
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Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection;
tutelary. |
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