Patron

Noun

 * 1) A supporter
 * 2) A customer
 * 3) A property owner who hires a contractor for construction works
 * 4) An influential, wealthy person who supported an artist, craftsman, a scholar or a noble.

Adjectives for Patron
gentle; influential; munificent; august; fostering; unbidden; imperial; contemptuous; mighty; passing; perpetual

Thesaurus
abettor, admirer, advocate, aficionado, aid, aider, almoner, almsgiver, angel, apologist, assignor, assister, attender, audience, awarder, backer, befriender, benefactor, benefactress, benefiter, bestower, boatswain, booster, boss, buff, buyer, bwana, captain, caterer, champion, chandler, cheerful giver, chef, chief, chief engineer, chief mate, church dignitary, client, commander, commissariat, commissary, conferrer, consignor, contributor, customer, deck officer, defender, dependence, donator, donor, ecclesiarch, elder, employer, encourager, endorser, exponent, fairy godmother, fan, favorer, feoffor, financer, frequenter, friend, friend at court, funder, furnisher, giver, good Samaritan, good person, goodman, grantor, grubstaker, guarantor, guardian angel, guru, habitue, haunter, help, helper, helping hand, husband, imparter, jack-at-a-pinch, lady bountiful, liege, liege lord, lord, lord paramount, lover, mainstay, maintainer, manciple, mark, master, mate, meal ticket, merchant, ministering angel, ministrant, naval officer, navigating officer, navigator, overlord, padrone, paramount, paranymph, partisan, paterfamilias, patriarch, patroness, philanthropist, pillar, pipes, presenter, promoter, prospect, protagonist, protector, protectress, provider, provisioner, purchaser, purveyor, quartermaster, rabbi, regular, regular customer, reliance, retailer, rock, safekeeper, sahib, sailing master, second, second mate, seconder, sectary, seigneur, seignior, settler, shipmaster, sider, skipper, spectator, sponsor, staker, stalwart, standby, starets, steward, stock clerk, storekeeper, subscriber, succorer, sucker, sugar daddy, supplier, support, supporter, surety, sustainer, sutler, sympathizer, teacher, testate, testator, testatrix, the Old Man, theatergoer, tower, tower of strength, upholder, victualer, visitor, vivandier, votary, vouchsafer, watch officer, well-wisher