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Patron vs Frequenter - What's the difference?

patron | frequenter | Synonyms |

Patron is a synonym of frequenter.


As nouns the difference between patron and frequenter

is that patron is owner, boss while frequenter is a person who frequents; a regular visitor.

As an adjective frequenter is

(rare) (frequent).

patron

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who protects or supports; a defender.
  • * Shakespeare
    • patron of my life and liberty
  • * Spenser
    • the patron of true holiness
  • A regular customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
    • This car park is for patrons only.
  • A property owner who hires a contractor for construction works.
  • An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
  • (historical, Roman antiquity) A master who had freed his slave but still retained some paternal rights over him.
  • An advocate or pleader.
  • * Macaulay
    • Let him who works the client wrong / Beware the patron' s ire.
  • (UK, ecclestiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
  • (nautical) A padrone.

    • Derived terms

    * patronage * patroness * patronize, patronise *patron saint

    Related terms

    * pattern

    See also

    * sponsor

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    frequenter

    English

    Etymology 1

    (frequent).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who frequents; a regular visitor.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (rare) (frequent)
    • Synonyms
    * more frequent (more common) ----