patron

patron is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender.
2. noun. A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him.
3. noun. A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.
4. noun. An advocate or pleader.
5. noun. One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.
6. noun. One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
7. noun. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint.
8. noun. See Padrone, 2.
9. transitive verb. To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.
10. adjective. Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.
11. noun. a regular customer

    Synonyms: frequenter

12. noun. someone who supports or champions something

    Synonyms: sponsor, supporter

13. noun. the proprietor of an inn

Synonyms

frequenter, sponsor, supporter

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in patron:

parton, tarpon

Common word forms

patrons, patronal, patronly, patronise, patronize, patronless

Words from these letters

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