different between representative vs patron

English

Etymology

From Old French representatif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p???z?nt(?t)?v/
• Hyphenation: rep?re?sen?ta?tive

Adjective

representative (comparative more representative, superlative most representative)

1. Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
   • c. 1977, Carl Parker (attributed quote)

     If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore.

2. Representing, showing a likeness.

Translations

Noun

representative (plural representatives)

1. A delegate.
   1. Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body. [from 17th c.]

   2. (generally) One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity. [from 17th c.]

   3. (law) An heir. [from 17th c.]
      • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.1:

        This pathetic remonstrance had the desired effect upon his representative, who spared no pains to fulfill the request of the deceased […] .

   4. (US, politics) Specifically, a member of the US House of Representatives. [from 18th c.]

   5. A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman. [from 20th c.]
2. Something standing for something else.
   1. Something representing or standing for another; a symbol, an embodiment. [from 17th c.]
   2. Something (especially a living organism]] regarded as typical of its class; a type. [from 17th c.]
   3. A substitute or analogue. [from 17th c.]

Synonyms

• rep
• See also Thesaurus:deputy

Derived terms

• legal representative

Related terms

• House of Representatives
• represent
• representative body
• Member of Parliament

Translations

Further reading

• "representative" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 266.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

representative

1. inflection of representativ:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

representative

1. inflection of representativ:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

English

Etymology

From Middle English patroun, patrone, from Old French patron, from Latin patr?nus, derived from pater (“father”). Doublet of pattern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?.t??n/
• Rhymes: -e?tr?n
• Hyphenation: pa?tron

Noun

patron (plural patrons)

1. One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
   1. A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.

2. An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
3. A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.

   This car park is for patrons only.
4. (historical, Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.
5. (Britain, ecclesiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
6. (nautical) A padrone.
7. (obsolete or historical) A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)
   • 1992, Eric O. Ayisi, St. Eustatius, Treasure Island of the Caribbean

     [...] would obtain permission from the West India Company to settle in certain areas in the New World and cultivate the land. Sometimes absentee patrons would give the colony to a group of interested persons and the patrons would finance ...

Derived terms

Related terms

• pattern

Translations

See also

• sponsor

Verb

patron (third-person singular simple present patrons, present participle patroning, simple past and past participle patroned)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici

     a good cause needs not to be patroned by passion

2. (transitive, obsolete) To treat as a patron.

Anagrams

• Parton, parton, tarpon

Afrikaans

Noun

patron (plural patrons)

1. (uncommon) patron; wealthy person who supports an artist, craftsman, a scholar, etc.
2. (uncommon, Roman Catholicism) patron saint
3. (uncommon, Roman antiquity) patron

Synonyms

• patroon

Esperanto

Noun

patron

1. accusative singular of patro

French

Etymology

From Old French patron (“patron, protector”), from Latin patr?nus, from pater (“father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.t???/

Noun

patron m (plural patrons)

1. boss, employer

2. (sewing and knitting) pattern

Usage notes

• This is a false friend, the only English sense of this word shared in French is saint patron (“patron saint”).

Related terms

• patronat

Descendants

• ? German: Patrone
• ? Italian: patron
• ? Turkish: patron

Further reading

• “patron” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• prônât

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish patrón.

Noun

patrón

1. patron saint

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French patron. Doublet of padrone.

Noun

patron m (invariable)

1. patron (of a sports event etc)
2. pattern (paper, for knitting)

Anagrams

• pronta

Middle English

Noun

patron

1. Alternative form of patroun

Norman

Etymology

From Latin patr?nus, from pater (“father”).

Noun

patron m (plural patrons)

1. (Jersey, sewing and knitting) pattern

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin patronus (sense 1), and French patron (senses 2 & 3)

Noun

patron m (definite singular patronen, indefinite plural patroner, definite plural patronene)

1. a patron (person who gives financial or other support)
2. a cartridge (ammunition)
3. a cartridge (e.g. ink cartridge)

Derived terms

• blekkpatron

References

• “patron” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin patronus

Noun

patron m (definite singular patronen, indefinite plural patronar, definite plural patronane)

1. a patron (person who gives financial or other support)

Etymology 2

From French patron

Noun

patron f (definite singular patrona, indefinite plural patroner, definite plural patronene)

1. a cartridge (ammunition)
2. a cartridge (e.g. ink cartridge)

Derived terms

• blekkpatron

References

• “patron” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin patr?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa.tr?n/

Noun

patron m pers (feminine patronka)

1. patron, sponsor
2. (Christianity) patron saint
3. guardian, protector

Declension

Further reading

• patron in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• patron in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?tro?n/
• Hyphenation: pat?ron

Noun

pàtr?n m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. patron
2. protector

Declension

Swedish

Noun

patron c

1. cartridge for a fire arm

Declension

References

• patron in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Anagrams

• norpat

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French patron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pat?on/

Noun

patron (definite accusative patronu, plural patronlar)

1. boss

Declension