Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. 2. (n.) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him. 3. (n.) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself. 4. (n.) An advocate or pleader. 5. (n.) One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art. 6. (n.) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. 7. (n.) A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint. 8. (n.) See Padrone, 2. 9. (v. t.) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. 10. (a.) Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary.

Multi-Version Concordance Patron (1 Occurrence) 1 John 2:1 My children, these things I write to you in order that ye may not sin; and if any one sin, we have a patron with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; (DBY)