patron

Other forms of patron

plural

patrons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about patron

What does patron mean?

patron means "a regular customer". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in patron?

patron has 2 syllables: pa-tron. The stress falls on "pa". In IPA it is /ˈpeɪtɹən/.

What is another word for patron?

Close synonyms include frequenter, sponsor, supporter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is patron a common word?

patron is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.