patroon

[puh-troon]

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.

patroon

/ pəˈtruːn /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• patroonship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of patroon¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of patroon¹

C18: from Dutch: _patron ¹

Example Sentences

Aretsky’s Patroon is the picture of Manhattan restaurant chic, with black-framed windows set against white brick and an enviable East Side address.

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Since the pandemic, Aretsky’s Patroon “lost a lot of customers to their second homes or third homes. They come in when they’re in town. But we have new customers who have taken their places,” co-owner Lyne said.

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In reality, Schuyler was much more prominent than a bit part: the patriarch of a wealthy Albany family — a patroon, as Dutch-era landowners were known — he served as a New York lawmaker, a United States senator, and a major general in the war with the British, and was a close friend of George Washington.

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Mr. Fitterman, the former executive chef at Patroon, will shift to Greek fare as the new executive chef at Nerai in Midtown Manhattan.

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It’s lunchtime in New York on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Taylor is settled into a roomy booth in a corner of Aretsky’s Patroon, a clubby restaurant on the city’s East Side.

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