The phrase "true patron" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to someone who is a dedicated and faithful supporter or protector. Example: The local community was grateful for their true patron, who had generously donated to various charities and organizations for many years.
Pinault is not one of them, he is a true patron of the arts.
She adored traveling, was a constant supporter of her synagogue, and was a true patron of the arts.
The true patron saint of contemporary country soft rockers, though, is Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum, lighter in presence and better in grooming than anyone since Kenny Rogers.
In the free-market utopia of thinkers such as Friedrich Hayek – the true patron saint of the sharing economy – your reputation would also reflect what other market participants know about you.
She keeps him in the dark about his true patrons.
That may or may not be true, but patrons are treated to live jazz every night of the week as they tuck into a spectacular variety of seafood, vintage wines and Havana cigars.
In other examples, it's true, awareness of the patron's choices paralysed later owners of the role: too many actors in the plays of Coward or Bennett have echoed, deliberately or accidental, the respectful plaintive lilt and lordly drawl of the author's own performances or recordings.
"It's not entirely true," he said, that some patrons use drugs.
Dino's, at 211 Smithtown Boulevard (631-979-7724), is a dream come true, not only for its patrons but for its two owners, who until recently worked for others and now have their own place.
To test if this is true of natural history museum patrons as well, we conducted a survey of visitors to the Milwaukee Public Museum.
Pablo Escobar, a true soccer nut and a devoted patron of the game, this theory goes, would not have allowed the killing to take place.
