patron

Definition

Examples

The museum offers exclusive preview nights for annual members and museum patrons.

Word Family

Synonyms

• customersomeone who pays for goods or services
• clienta person or company that buys goods or services, especially professional advice
• supportera person who backs a politician or a team etc

Collocations

• Easy regular patron of the diner
  describing regular patron of the diner (a regular patron)
• Medium library patron borrowing privileges
  describing library patron borrowing privileges (a room where books are kept)
• Hard wealthy patron of the fine arts
  describing wealthy patron of the fine arts (having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value)
• Very Hard esteemed patron of civic philanthropy
  to esteemed patron of civic philanthropy, meaning to regard highly; think much of