patroonship (countable and uncountable, plural patroonships)
(US, historical) The position or office of a patroon; landownership (originally of a Dutch colony).
(US, historical) An estate run by a patroon, or under a similar system. [from 19th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Pa*troon"ship, n.
Definition: The office of a patroon. Irving.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
