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单词 patron
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N47095843patronSpoken.400Fiction.1036Magazine.1263Newspaper.1565Academic.1579

patron

/ˈpeɪtrən/
noun
1
a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity
资助人:

a celebrated patron of the arts.

著名的艺术资助人。

1.1
a distinguished person who takes an honorary position in a charity
(慈善事业的)赞助人:

the Mental Health Foundation, of which Her Royal Highness is Patron.

公主殿下为赞助人的心理健康基金会。

2
a customer of a shop, restaurant, hotel or theatre, especially a regular one
(商店、饭店、酒店或剧院的)顾客(尤指老主顾):

we surveyed the plushness of the hotel and its sleek, well-dressed patrons.

我们对这家酒店的豪华状况及其头发光亮、穿着体面的顾客进行了调查。

3
(in ancient Rome) a patrician in relation to a client
(古罗马)有权势的保护人, 庇护人。参见CLIENT (义项3)。
3.1
(in ancient Rome) the former owner and (frequently) protector of a freed slave
(古罗马)已获得自由的奴隶的原主人和保护人。
4
Brit., chiefly historical a person or institution with the right to grant a benefice to a member of the clergy
〈英, 主史〉有圣职授予权的人(或机构)。
词源
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin patronus 'protector of clients, defender', from pater, patr- 'father'.
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