| patron |
a person who buys the goods or services of a business establishment, esp. a regular customer or client of a shop, hotel, restaurant, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| patronage |
the financial or other support given to a business establishment by its customers or clients. [3 definitions] |
| patronize |
to be a customer or client of, esp. on a regular basis. [3 definitions] |
| patronizing |
showing or suggesting an offensively superior or condescending manner. |
| patron saint |
a saint regarded as the special guardian of a certain occupation, country, group of people, or the like. |
| patronymic |
a name derived from the name of a male forebear. |
| patroon |
under the original Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey, one who was given the proprietorship of a large tract of land, along with certain privileges of use. |
| pat (someone) on the back |
(informal) to encourage, praise, or congratulate by words or actions. |
| patsy |
(slang) one who is easily victimized or manipulated. |
| patten |
any of various thick-soled wooden shoes formerly used for walking in mud. |
| patter1 |
to make a series of quick, light, tapping sounds. [4 definitions] |
| patter2 |
rapid, glib, and often amusing talk, as by a comedian, salesman, auctioneer, or magician. [5 definitions] |
| pattern |
a regular or formal design, esp. one used to decorate something. [9 definitions] |
| patternless |
combined form of pattern. |
| patty |
a small flat round or oval cake of ground meat or other food. [2 definitions] |
| patty-cake |
the first words of a common nursery rhyme. [2 definitions] |
| pattypan |
a round flattish type of summer squash that has a scalloped edge. |
| patty shell |
a small pastry crust that is filled with meat, vegetables, fruit, or the like. |
| Patuxet |
Wampanoag village in southeastern Massachusetts whose inhabitants nearly all died of illness between 1616 and 1618. In 1620, English colonists established Plymouth Colony at the site of this village. |
| paucity |
smallness of number or amount; scarcity. |
| Paul |
an early convert to Christianity, the apostle of the Gentiles, and the author of the Acts of the Apostles and several of the Epistles in the New Testament. |