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

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

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.

From Washington Post