n.[C]
- 贊助者,資助者
He was lucky to have found a millionaire
patron.
他有幸找到了一位百萬富翁贊助人。
- 主顧(尤指老顧客)
We have a special offer for our regular
patrons.
我們給予老顧客特別的優惠。
- 庇護人,保護人
- (土地,職業等的)守護神
- (英國國教中)有聖職授與權的人
- (旅店等的)老板
We were effusively welcomed by the
patron and his wife.
我們受到老板和他妻子的熱忱歡迎。
衍生
辨析
n.
- a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, etc.
▸a distinguished person who takes an honorary position in a charity.
- a customer of a restaurant, hotel, etc., especially a regular one.
- Brit., chiefly historical a person or institution with the right to grant a benefice to a member of the clergy.
- (in ancient Rome) a patrician in relation to a client.
▸the former owner of a freed slave.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from L. patronus ‘protector of clients, defender’, from pater, patr- ‘father’.