noun ·see padrone, 2.
2. patron ·noun an advocate or pleader.
3. patron ·noun a guardian saint.
called also patron saint.
4. patron ·noun one who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
5. patron ·noun one who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
6. patron ·adj doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.
7. patron ·noun a man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.
8. patron ·noun a master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.
9. patron ·vt to be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
10. patron ·noun one who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.