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 Definitions of patron saint  [ˈpeɪ trəˌnaɪz, ˈpæ-]  

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Definition of 'patron saint' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) patron saint
a saint regarded as the special guardian of a person, group, trade, country, etc.

Etymology:  (1710–20)

Definition of 'patron saint' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) patron saint
a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation
Translation of 'patron saint' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a saint who protects a particular person, group of people, country etc
St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: beskermheilige Arabic flag Arabic: شَفيع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: светец закрилник
Brazilian flag Brazilian: santo padroeiro Czech flag Czech: patron, -ka German flag German: der/die Schutzheilige
Danish flag Danish: skytshelgen Greek flag Greek: προστάτης άγιος, πολιούχο Spanish flag Spanish: santo patrón, patrón
Estonian flag Estonian: kaitsepühak Farsi flag Farsi: قدیس حامی Finnish flag Finnish: suojeluspyhimys
French flag French: saint patron, sainte patr Hebrew flag Hebrew: הַקָדוֹש הַמַגֵן Hindi flag Hindi: इष्ट देव
Croatian flag Croatian: svetac zaštitnik Hungarian flag Hungarian: védőszent Indonesian flag Indonesian: santo pelindung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: verndardÿrlingur Italian flag Italian: (santo) patrono Japanese flag Japanese: 守護聖人
Korean flag Korean: 수호 성인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: globėjas, patronas Latvian flag Latvian: patrons; sargeņģelis; aiz
Malay flag Malay: santo pelindung Dutch flag Dutch: beschermheilige Norwegian flag Norwegian: skytshelgen
Polish flag Polish: patron Persian flag Persian: قدیس حامی Pashto flag Pashto: حامی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: santo padroeiro Romanian flag Romanian: sfânt pro­tector Russian flag Russian: святой заступник, храните
Slovak flag Slovak: (svätý, -á) patrón, -ka Slovenian flag Slovenian: patron Serbian flag Serbian: svetac zaštitnik
Swedish flag Swedish: skyddshelgon Thai flag Thai: นักบุญผู้ปกป้องคุ้มครอง Turkish flag Turkish: koruyucu aziz
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 守護神 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: заступник, оборонець Urdu flag Urdu: محافظ، ولي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thần hộ mệnh Chinese flag Chinese: 守护神

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