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patron

[pey-truhn] / ˈpeɪ trən /


NOUN
person who does business at establishment
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One of the cases that will be dismissed after a plea agreement involved a high-ranking officer, 54-year-old Ramses Patron.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Inside El Patron, music plays overhead as customers are transported to normalcy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

The Princess of Wales’ treatment journey inspired her to take up a post alongside her husband as Joint Patron at The Royal Marsden, a prominent hospital and cancer research facility in the UK.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

Earlier this summer, Prince William was made the Patron of the Football Association, external.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

The change that came over El Patron then was extraordinary.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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