patron saint

patron saint

n. A saint who is regarded as the intercessor and advocate in heaven for a nation, place, craft, activity, class, or person.

patron saint

n (Ecclesiastical Terms) a saint regarded as the particular guardian of a country, church, trade, person, etc

pa′tron saint′

n. a saint regarded as the special guardian of a person, group, trade, country, etc. [1710–20]

Thesaurus

Noun

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patron saint - a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nationdefender, guardian, protector, shielder - a person who cares for persons or propertysaint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

Translations

守护神

patron

(ˈpeitrən) noun1. a person who supports (often with money) an artist, musician, writer, form of art etc. He's a patron of the arts. 贊助者 赞助者2. a (regular) customer of a shop etc. The manager said that he knew all his patrons. 主顧 主顾patronage (ˈpӕtrənidʒ) , ((American) ˈpei-) noun the support given by a patron. 贊助 惠顾，赞助 ˈpatronize, ˈpatronise (ˈpӕ-) , ((American) ˈpei-) verb1. to behave towards (someone) in a way which is kind and friendly but which nevertheless shows that one thinks oneself to be more important, clever etc than that person. He's a nice fellow but he does patronize his assistants. 庇護 庇护2. to visit (a shop, theatre, society etc) regularly. That's not a shop I patronize nowadays. 光顧 光顾ˈpatronizing, ˈpatronising adjective 傲慢的 以恩人自居的，要人领情的 ˈpatronizingly, ˈpatronisingly adverb 傲慢地 傲慢地patron saint a saint who protects a particular person, group of people, country etc. St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland. 守護神 守护神