PATROON

Etymology

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.

Anagrams

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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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