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

Wealth was not unevenly distributed, and though the patroon system had created in New York a landed gentry, this class was small, and its influence was only one of many.

From William Hickling Prescott by Peck, Harry Thurston

The patroon had directed that they be furnished with clothing "in such small and compact parcels as can be properly stowed away on the ship."

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

“Perhaps I can make a cast for you,” cried the patroon eagerly.

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison

Conciliatory measures followed, most of the patroon lands were sold to the tenants, and the great estates gradually passed out of existence.

From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles