patron

• ⇰ सहायक
• ⇰ रक्षक
• ⇰ संरक्षक
• ⇰ पालक
• ⇰ सरपरस्त

• ⇰ ग्राहक
• ⇰ संरक्षक
• ⇰ दर्शक
• ⇰ आश्रयदाता

• ⇰ One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
• ⇰ A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.
• ⇰ One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; <as>as, a <ex>patron</ex> of art</as>.
• ⇰ One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
• ⇰ A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint>.
• ⇰ See Padrone>, 2.

• ⇰ To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.

• ⇰ Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.