patronage
— Noun
– English
～ (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
patronage
— Noun
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～ customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
patroness
— Noun
– English
～ a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
patronne
— Noun
– English
～ a woman who is a patron or the wife of a patron
patronym
— Noun
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～ a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
patronymic
— Noun
– English
～ a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)
patsy
— Noun
– English
～ a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
patten
— Noun
– English
～ footwear usually with wooden soles
patter
— Noun
– English
～ plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
patter
— Noun
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～ a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"
pattern
— Noun
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～ a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern"
pattern
— Noun
– English
～ something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"
pattern
— Noun
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～ a decorative or artistic work; "the coach had a design on the doors"
pattern
— Noun
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～ a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"
pattern
— Noun
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～ a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
pattern
— Noun
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～ something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"
pattern
— Noun
– English
～ the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted"
pattern
— Noun
– English
～ graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
patterned advance
— Noun
– English
～ a series with a definite pattern of advance
patternmaker
— Noun
– English
～ someone who makes patterns (as for sewing or carpentry or metalworking)