patron

n. புரவலர், காப்பாளர், சிறப்பு வாடிக்கையாளர், காப்புத் திருத்தகை, மரபாதரவுப் புனிதர், பண்டை ரோமா புரியில் விடுவிக்கப்பட்ட அடிமையின் முன்னாள் தலைவர்,பண்டை ரோமாபுரியில் பொதுக்குடியினர் துணையாதரவாளர், மானியம் வழங்கும் உரிமையுடையவர்.

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Pa"tron, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. patronus, fr. pater a father. See Paternal, and cf. Patroon, Padrone, Pattern.] 1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. "Patron of my life and liberty." Shak. "The patron of true holiness." Spenser. 2. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him. (b) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself. (c) An advocate or pleader. Let him who works the client wrong Beware the patron's ire. Macaulay. 3. One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art. 4. (Eccl. Law) Defn: One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. [Eng.] 5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint. 6. (Naut.) Defn: See Padrone, 2. Patrons of Husbandry, the grangers. See Granger, 2. Pa"tron, v. t. Defn: To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. Pa"tron, a. Defn: Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary. Dryden. Patron saint (R. C. Ch.), a saint regarded as the peculiar protector of a country, community, church, profession, etc., or of an individual.

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