patroon

American  

[puh-troon] / pəˈtrun /

noun

1. a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.

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patroon British  

/ pəˈtruːn /

noun

1. (in the US) a Dutch land-holder in New Netherland and New York with manorial rights in the colonial era

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Other Word Forms

• patroonship noun

Etymology

Origin of patroon

1655–65; < Dutch < French < Latin patrōnus. See patron, -oon

Example Sentences

The patroon reserved all water and mineral rights.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

The patroon reserved to himself the tenth of all grains, fruits, and other products raised on the bouwerie.

From Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York by Goodwin, Maud Wilder

“Your notices, Scroggs, were wasted on the desert air,” said the patroon, grimly, to that disappointed worthy.

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison

The afternoon following the soldier’s departure from the patroon village went by all too slowly, his jaded horse’s feet as heavy as the leaden moments.

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison

Some one must own the mill-seats; and why not the patroon as well as another?

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore