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Patron :: Patron (v. t.) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor.

Protector :: Protector (n.) One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron..

George :: George (n.) A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter..

Impatronize :: Impatronize (v. t.) To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory..

Usurper :: Usurper (n.) One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron..

Patron :: Patron (n.) An advocate or pleader.

Runner :: Runner (n.) One employed to solicit patronage, as for a steamboat, hotel, shop, etc..

Avowee :: Avowee (n.) The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.

Clientship :: Clientship (n.) Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron.

Prestimony :: Prestimony (n.) A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice. The patron in the collator..

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor..

Monarch :: Monarch (n.) A patron deity or presiding genius.

Heeler :: Heeler (n.) A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron.

Impatronizing :: Impatronizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Impatroniz.

Patron :: Patron (n.) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him..

Voluntaryism :: Voluntaryism (n.) The principle of supporting a religious system and its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by the aid or patronage of the state..

Collative :: Collative (a.) Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.

Auspice :: Auspice (a.) Protection; patronage and care; guidance.

Patronizer :: Patronizer (n.) One who patronizes.

Competition :: Competition (n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with..

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