Patron
noun
A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.
He is a well-known patron of the arts.
Often appears as...
- patron of the arts
- patron of a charity
noun
A regular customer of a store or business, especially a restaurant or bar.
The pub was filled with its regular patrons.
Often appears as...
- regular patron
- patron of a restaurant
noun
A person who protects or guides a smaller or less experienced person.
A teacher can be seen as a patron for their students.
Often appears as...
- patron of students
- patron of a group
noun
In the Catholic Church, a saint who is believed to give special help to a particular place or type of person.
Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.
Often appears as...
- patron saint of a country
- patron saint of a profession
noun
A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.
He is a well-known patron of the arts.
Often appears as...
- patron of the arts
- patron of a charity
noun
A regular customer of a store or business, especially a restaurant or bar.
The pub was filled with its regular patrons.
Often appears as...
- regular patron
- patron of a restaurant
noun
A person who protects or guides a smaller or less experienced person.
A teacher can be seen as a patron for their students.
Often appears as...
- patron of students
- patron of a group
noun
In the Catholic Church, a saint who is believed to give special help to a particular place or type of person.
Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.
Often appears as...
- patron saint of a country
- patron saint of a profession
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Support
Used for someone who upholds the arts or charitable causes through financial help or influence.
Thanks to the patron, the exhibition was a success.
Pro Tip 2/3Honorific Title
Often a term of respect, implying the person's generosity or contribution is well-recognized.
She was named patron of the new art gallery.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Fiscal
Support can be in forms other than money, such as advice or presence at events.
His role as a patron involved advising young artists.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Support
Used for someone who upholds the arts or charitable causes through financial help or influence.
Thanks to the patron, the exhibition was a success.
Pro Tip 2/3Honorific Title
Often a term of respect, implying the person's generosity or contribution is well-recognized.
She was named patron of the new art gallery.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Fiscal
Support can be in forms other than money, such as advice or presence at events.
His role as a patron involved advising young artists.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Support
Used for someone who upholds the arts or charitable causes through financial help or influence.
Thanks to the patron, the exhibition was a success.
Pro Tip 2/3Honorific Title
Often a term of respect, implying the person's generosity or contribution is well-recognized.
She was named patron of the new art gallery.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Fiscal
Support can be in forms other than money, such as advice or presence at events.
His role as a patron involved advising young artists.
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History vs. Tamerlane...
leaving nothing but pyramids of skulls in his wake. Timur may have been illiterate, but he was also an active patron of culture and the arts. During his conquests, he spared artisans and scholars, sending them to work on public projects like schools and mosques. Unlike many women in the world at the time,
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The mystery box PIPE JJ...
where the thing gets glued, the registration marks for the ink. I just love boxes. My grandfather was the guy who kind of got me into all sorts of these things. He would also supply me with tools. He was this amazing encourager -- this patron, sort of, to make stuff.
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Gavin Pretor-Pinney:...
he described the clouds as the patron godesses of idle fellows two and a half thousand years ago, and you can see what he means. It's just that these days, us adults seem reluctant to allow ourselves the indulgence of just allowing our imaginations
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Singing from the...
might just raise an incense stick to the God in the far left corner of the room what the locals don't tell you is that this is the God of War and one of his jobs is patron deity of the Triads I like to walk this route when I'm in Hong
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Why should you read...
of his diverse and rowdy audience. The Globe welcomed all sections of society. Wealthier patrons watched the stage from covered balconies while poorer people paid a penny to take in the show from an open-air section called the pit.
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How did clouds get their...
but fall slowly under the influence of gravity. Some of them stay aloft due to upward convection from the sun-heated ground, but most are in a state of slow, balletic descent. "Clouds are the patron goddesses of idle fellows,"
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Artemisia Gentileschi:...
but his powerful patrons managed to have his sentence revoked. Some scholars have suggested that Artemisia started the painting while the trial was still underway. Many have debated whether the rape influenced her work.
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Is there a difference...
than collective production. A few brave painters, who for many centuries, had been paid by the square foot, successfully petitioned their patrons to pay them on the basis of merit instead. Within a single generation,
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The rise and fall of...
Each city was dedicated to a patron deity, considered the city’s founder. The largest and most important building in the city was this patron god’s the ziggurat, a temple designed as a stepped pyramid.
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Bill Saturno: Adding...
the story tells us of a patron deity of Kings that sets up the world that makes a sacrifice of his own blood and of a series of animals at for trees representing the four corners of the
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History vs. Tamerlane...
leaving nothing but pyramids of skulls in his wake. Timur may have been illiterate, but he was also an active patron of culture and the arts. During his conquests, he spared artisans and scholars, sending them to work on public projects like schools and mosques. Unlike many women in the world at the time,
Video examples
The mystery box PIPE JJ...
where the thing gets glued, the registration marks for the ink. I just love boxes. My grandfather was the guy who kind of got me into all sorts of these things. He would also supply me with tools. He was this amazing encourager -- this patron, sort of, to make stuff.
Video examples
Gavin Pretor-Pinney:...
he described the clouds as the patron godesses of idle fellows two and a half thousand years ago, and you can see what he means. It's just that these days, us adults seem reluctant to allow ourselves the indulgence of just allowing our imaginations
Video examples
Singing from the...
might just raise an incense stick to the God in the far left corner of the room what the locals don't tell you is that this is the God of War and one of his jobs is patron deity of the Triads I like to walk this route when I'm in Hong
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Why should you read...
of his diverse and rowdy audience. The Globe welcomed all sections of society. Wealthier patrons watched the stage from covered balconies while poorer people paid a penny to take in the show from an open-air section called the pit.
Video examples
How did clouds get their...
but fall slowly under the influence of gravity. Some of them stay aloft due to upward convection from the sun-heated ground, but most are in a state of slow, balletic descent. "Clouds are the patron goddesses of idle fellows,"
Video examples
Artemisia Gentileschi:...
but his powerful patrons managed to have his sentence revoked. Some scholars have suggested that Artemisia started the painting while the trial was still underway. Many have debated whether the rape influenced her work.
Video examples
Is there a difference...
than collective production. A few brave painters, who for many centuries, had been paid by the square foot, successfully petitioned their patrons to pay them on the basis of merit instead. Within a single generation,
Video examples
The rise and fall of...
Each city was dedicated to a patron deity, considered the city’s founder. The largest and most important building in the city was this patron god’s the ziggurat, a temple designed as a stepped pyramid.
Video examples
Bill Saturno: Adding...
the story tells us of a patron deity of Kings that sets up the world that makes a sacrifice of his own blood and of a series of animals at for trees representing the four corners of the
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Will Self
English Author
I am a regular, if not exactly enthusiastic, patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some books there because I cling to the belief that it's important to maintain those businesses which put a human face on the exchange of money for goods and services.
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Ryan McGinley
American Photographer
Most of the e-mails I get nowadays are from students who ask me how I got my start. In truth it's from having a really supportive family but also having a good patron who will help you - like financing all those early trips I took.
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Quentin Tarantino
American Director
Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.
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Ezra Pound
American Poet
If a patron buys from an artist who needs money, the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates.
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A. N. Wilson
English Writer
Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
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Allen Weinstein
American Public Servant
NARA must provide security at our facilities to protect our public patrons, our staff, and our holdings.
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Michelangelo
Italian Artist
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
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Guillermo del Toro
Mexican Director
Monsters are the patron saints of imperfection.
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Fiona Apple
American Musician
I want to be like the patron saint of reality.
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Will Self
English Author
I am a regular, if not exactly enthusiastic, patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some books there because I cling to the belief that it's important to maintain those businesses which put a human face on the exchange of money for goods and services.
Quote examples
Ryan McGinley
American Photographer
Most of the e-mails I get nowadays are from students who ask me how I got my start. In truth it's from having a really supportive family but also having a good patron who will help you - like financing all those early trips I took.
Quote examples
Quentin Tarantino
American Director
Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.
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Ezra Pound
American Poet
If a patron buys from an artist who needs money, the patron then makes himself equal to the artist; he is building art into the world; he creates.
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A. N. Wilson
English Writer
Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
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Allen Weinstein
American Public Servant
NARA must provide security at our facilities to protect our public patrons, our staff, and our holdings.
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Michelangelo
Italian Artist
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
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Guillermo del Toro
Mexican Director
Monsters are the patron saints of imperfection.
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Fiona Apple
American Musician
I want to be like the patron saint of reality.
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