| 释义 |
patron/ˈpeitr(ə)n/n. (fem. patroness /-nis/) 1 a person who gives financial or other support to a person, cause, work of art, etc., esp. one who buys works of art, or takes an honorary position in a charity etc. 资助人，赞助人 2 a usu. regular customer of a shop etc. (商店等的)常客，老主顾 3 Rom. Antiq. [古罗马]a the former owner of a freed slave (奴隶获得自由前的)前主人 b the protector of a client (客户的)保护者，庇护人 4 Brit. a person or institution with the right to present a member of the clergy to a benefice [英]有权授予牧师职位的人(或机构) [Middle English via Old French from Latin patronus ‘protector of clients, defender’, from pater patris ‘father’] |