She was one of his earliest patrons and continued to buy directly from him after Claribel's death in 1929.

Most early patrons were recent college graduates.

A couple of early patrons murmured agreement.

The powerful minister Olivares was the early and constant patron of the painter.

Hamilton, whose brilliance got him important early patrons, left for America in 1772 on the eve of the early revolutionary movement.

Pickering was also the cousin and an early patron of the poet, John Dryden.

He was an early patron of the Chester architect John Douglas.

Restaurants were beginning to fill with early patrons, human and exotic, relaxing now that the stress of the Concilium session was finally over.

He was one of the earliest patrons of Rensselaer and a trustee for twenty years.

Many of Norstad's early patrons were fellow architects, artists, and classmates.