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as in customer
a person who buys a product or uses a service from a business
a restaurant patron
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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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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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The vast majority of patrons were couples — straight, gay, young, middle-aged — holding hands, cuddling for a film that would soon feature the eponymous psycho bashing a judge’s head with a gavel until his brain matter runneth over the stand.
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Oct. 2024
Willie, too, was welcomed by jovial patrons in the restaurant where Heyerdahl was dining.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
While fans will have to wait another week to see Sophie read Specs for Rex, another organization with a royal connection shared the exciting news that the duchess will be their new patron.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
One of Grenouille’s longest patrons, the late Countess Louise J. Esterhazy, would have raised an appalled eyebrow and written one of her scathing columns.
—Wwd Staff, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Oct. 2024
Willie, too, was welcomed by jovial patrons in the restaurant where Heyerdahl was dining.
—Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
While fans will have to wait another week to see Sophie read Specs for Rex, another organization with a royal connection shared the exciting news that the duchess will be their new patron.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
One of Grenouille’s longest patrons, the late Countess Louise J. Esterhazy, would have raised an appalled eyebrow and written one of her scathing columns.
—Wwd Staff, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Patron.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patron. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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