patron
Example Sentences
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The first is that it’s located in Washington, a medium-size town with few wealthy patrons.
He's grateful to the Hugo Burge Foundation and also the Duke of Buccleugh, another patron, who is supporting him with machinery, renovation work and the land where Gravestones will be located.
From BBC
"We are working with our membership to ensure we fix any shortcomings to ensure all patrons receive exactly what they have paid for."
From Barron's
"When I paint, I'm taken back 500 years, to the streets of Herat back then," when the rulers of the Timurid empire were patrons of artists such as Behzad, Qane said with a smile.
From Barron's
Why are the patrons, transfixed by curious gladiating on a screen, screaming with delight one minute and groaning miserably the next?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
