English-French translations for patron

client
Avec les systèmes de cofinancement des politiques structurelles, qui ne sont qu'un saupoudrage clientéliste, il est de plus une incitation à la dépense. With structural policy cofinancing systems, which are nothing other than a sprinkling of patronage, it is also an incitement to spending.
mécèneEn disant oui à cette directive, l'Europe a fait son temps comme mécène des arts. By saying yes to this directive, Europe has had its day as a patron of art.

patron
Si nous l'oublions, notre saint patron mutuel, São Jorge, est là pour nous le rappeler. If we forget, our mutual patron saint, São Jorge, is there to remind us. La concentration croissante des médias dans les mains de riches patrons réprime le débat ouvert. The increasing concentration of media in the hands of wealthy patrons clearly stifles open debate. S’immiscer dans ce processus fragile donnerait une seconde chance aux talibans et à leurs patrons pakistanais anti-occidentaux. Interfering with this fragile process would give the Taliban and their anti-Western Pakistani patrons a second chance.

One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate
An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble
A protector of a dependent, especially a master who had freed a slave but still retained some paternal rights
A padrone
To be a patron of; to patronize; to favour
To treat as a patron

Dictionary