patrons

/P EY1 T R AH0 N Z/
noun
  1. 1

    One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.

  2. 2

    An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.

  3. 3

    A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.

    โ€œThis car park is for patrons only.โ€

  4. 4

    (Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.

  5. 5

    One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.

  6. 6

    A padrone.

  7. 7

    A property owner, a landlord, a master. (Compare patroon.)

verb
  1. 1

    To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour.

  2. 2

    To treat as a patron.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patron, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patrons