Dictionary  pa•tronPronunciation: (pā'trun), [key] —n. 1. a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, esp. a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like. 2. a person who supports with money, gifts, efforts, or endorsement an artist, writer, museum, cause, charity, institution, special event, or the like: a patron of the arts; patrons of the annual Democratic dance. 3. a person whose support or protection is solicited or acknowledged by the dedication of a book or other work. 4. See patron saint. 5. Rom. Hist. the protector of a dependent or client, often the former master of a freedman still retaining certain rights over him. 6. Eccles.a person who has the right of presenting a member of the clergy to a benefice. pa•trónPronunciation: (pä-trôn') [key] —n., —pl. -tron•esPronunciation: (-trô'nes). [key] Spanish. (in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a boss; employer. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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