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

Derived 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

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

On the other hand all domestic produce was cheap, because the tenant and patroon preferred to dispose of it in the settlements rather than by transporting it to New Amsterdam.

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

A keelboat was generally manned by ten hands, principally Canadian French, and a patroon or master.

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

At the dawn of the nineteenth century and until about 1850, survivals of the old patroon estates were to be met with.

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