Definition of patrons:
(n) :
A customer, as of a certain store or restaurant.
(n) :
An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.
(n) :
One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
(n) :
A guardian or intercessor; synonym of patron saint.
(n) :
(UK, ecclesiastical) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice.
(n) :
(historical, Roman law) A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights.