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PATROON
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Noun
patroon (plural patroons)
(US) One of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pa*troon", n. Etym: [D. patroon a patron, a protector. See Patron.]
Definition: One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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