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patron

[pey-truhn] / ˈpeɪ trən /


NOUN
person who does business at establishment
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At a park, visitors are citizens or patrons.

From Los Angeles Times

Now used to selling out stadiums across the world, the Take That star was only 11 years old when he began performing to patrons at Connah's Quay Labour Club.

From BBC

But, in the end, possibly under pressure from its patron, it did.

From BBC

For the price of a regular movie ticket, the Roxy’s patrons could also watch the singer, the puppet show and the comedian, live.

From The Wall Street Journal

Daoud said he expected Hezbollah to sit out the fight unless its patron was in existential peril, but added that what he called the group’s “measly opening salvo” made little strategic sense.

From The Wall Street Journal