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

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patroon

The patroon reserved all water and mineral rights.

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

Compare it with the vestries of Virginia, and later compare both these with the patroon system of the Dutch, and the town meeting rule of New England.

From The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. by Caroline French Benton

But for the tenants, he might have ridden by the old patroon house.

From The Strollers by Harrison Fisher

The barges had frequently forty or fifty men, with a patroon, and carried fifty or sixty tons.

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Ben Casseday

The title was vested in the patroon forever, and he was presented with a monopoly of the resources of his domain except furs and pelts.

From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Myers Gustavus