patron

noun

ˈpā-trən How to pronounce patron (audio)
Definition of patronnext
1
as in customer
a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business a restaurant patron

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2
as in sponsor
a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing the wealthy philanthropist is one of the city's most generous patrons of its symphony orchestra

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3
as in donor
one that helps another with gifts or money the patron for the museum's current blockbuster is the city's biggest banking institution

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Recent Examples of patron In June, a New York City bar, The Jeffrey, promised patrons that the bar would cover every person’s tab up to $100 if the Knicks won an NBA finals game. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 And Les Wexner, the billionaire who built Victoria's Secret into an empire as well as a longtime financial patron to Jeffrey Epstein, was not going to be the guy to figure it out. — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026 Until then, voters face a choice between two kinds of political patrons. — Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026 In my disturbance—whether witnessed by a fellow cinema patron or a reader of this essay—I am exposed a second time. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for patron
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patron
  1. customer
  2. sponsor
  3. donor
  4. client
  5. benefactor
  6. donator
  7. guest
Noun
  • Profits are being funded by investors rather than end customers.
    — Ming Lu, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • This is where Braze thrives, Stokes said, and adding that to what Salesforce currently offers on marketing — coupled with its trove of other customer data — represents a powerful combination.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of customer
Noun
  • These provisions keep employers and plan sponsors from openly discussing their contract terms, which Cuban said blocks them from comparing fees and negotiating better deals.
    — Emma Witman, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Anthony Baza-Fainn manages the team's sponsor and said the team has changed his husband.
    — Daniel Wilkerson, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of sponsor
Noun
  • Less common modes include vertical transmission (from mother to child) and transfusion transmission, when contaminated donor blood gives rise to an infection in the transfusion recipient.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • An array of donors have put more than $1 million into outside groups backing Ugarte, a former Price aide.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of donor
Noun
  • Government clients account for approximately 80% of revenue, while commercial customers contribute the remaining 20%.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Martin Zummach, an attorney who represents the officer who fired the shot that killed Kohen, says the attorney general's findings cleared his client of criminal wrongdoing.
    — SOPHIE BATES, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of client
Noun
  • The Kennedy Center has long been home to hundreds of unique works of art and antiquities, including sculptures and tapestries, donated or loaned by individual benefactors and other countries, CNN notes.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Miami was the benefactor of a second consecutive crazy week of college football.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of benefactor
Noun
  • Contributors can transfer stock to the Treasury, which will then invest the funds into accounts in line with the donator’s guidelines.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 6 July 2026
  • That’s the gold standard of cancer designations that allows patients and donators alike to understand Sylvester’s standards.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
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Noun
  • Spiced Cream Cheese Bundt Cake Adding pumpkin spice to half the batter before putting the two components together creates a magnificent swirl pattern that your holiday guests will ooh and aah over when cutting into this gorgeous cake.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps that’s why the guest count at his SoFi shows was so thin compared to others.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
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“Patron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patron. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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