patronnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpeɪ.trən/us/ˈpeɪ.trən/patron noun [ C ] (SUPPORTER)
a person or group that supports an activity or organization, especially by giving money:
The Princess Royal is a well-known patron of several charities.
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Supporters, members & defenders
- -arian
- -ista
- apologist
- apparatchik
- benefactor
- cadre
- camp follower
- campaigner
- cardholder
- champion
- chaperone
- cohort
- company man
- contributor
- evolutionist
- initiate
- new/fresh blood idiom
- referee
- renegade
- stakeholder
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patron noun [ C ] (CUSTOMER)
formal a person who uses a particular shop, restaurant, hotel, etc., especially regularly:
Will patrons kindly note that this restaurant will be closed on 17 July .
Synonym
customer
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People who buy things
- bidder
- buyer
- client
- consumer
- custom
- customer
- market
- mystery shopper
- patronage
- personal shopper
- prosumer
- punter
- purchaser
- rag-and-bone man
- shill
- shopper
- sniper
- subscriber
- trader
- tradesman
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