Meaning

• One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.

• An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.

• A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.

  "This car park is for patrons only."

• (Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.

• One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.

• A padrone.

• A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)

Meaning

• To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.

• To treat as a patron.