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patron saint
noun as in guardian saint
Strongest match
Example Sentences
The teenager has also been labelled "the patron saint of the internet" for his work recording miracles online and running websites for Catholic organisations.
The Archangel Michael is the patron saint of police officers, so I wanted to ask Jurado if her pendant was a sly dig at her antagonists.
The Samaritans passed a small shrine to St. Jude — the patron saint of lost causes — on the Mexico side.
There were times on the first day of the first Test against Pakistan that England must have hoped for help from the patron saint of taking wickets.
He declares himself "the patron saint of the denial / With an angel face and a taste for suicidal," representing a more aggressive rejection of societal norms.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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