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The Medici were famous patrons in which Italian city?

patron

[pay-truhn] / ˈpeɪ trən /


NOUN
person who does business at establishment
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Shortly after, at a small neighborhood restaurant I raced down a 30 mph road to get to, nearly every patron craned their necks to look.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The patron who returned the magazine, John, said it had been "hanging around" his house for decades, but he had no idea how it ended up in his home.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

When CPL buys an item, its system records the retail price; when a patron checks it out, that amount gets added to the running total.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Around noon Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a local golf course patron who noticed a possible body floating downstream in the Dominguez Channel, the department said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

What they share is not a vague Zeitgeist but the social and cultural environment, which must have affected artist and patron alike to some degree.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

The result was a lengthy bar meeting in which patrons, including “a gender-expansive lesbian” who “uses he/him pronouns,” berated one owner to tears.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

My husband enjoyed humble pleasures, and he had two favorite fast-casual restaurants where the food was good, the patrons were kind, and the staff were simply salt-of-the-earth people.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

None of the patrons appear to be dedicated readers of Thrasher or Quartersnacks, which affords Elsesser a preferable anonymity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

"In the 1840 narrative, Byfield sought to impress wealthy patrons by presenting himself as a dutiful soldier and deserving veteran," O'Keeffe says.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

At this late hour there are no patrons lingering in this particular tent, and it is unlikely that any other visitors to the circus will stumble upon it in the remaining hours before dawn.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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