Van Rensselaer

American  

[van ren-suh-leer, ren-suh-ler, vahn ren-suh-lahr] / væn ˌrɛn səˈlɪər, ˈrɛn sə lər, vɑn ˈrɛn səˌlɑr /

noun

1. Kiliaen 1595–1644, Dutch merchant: founder of Dutch West India Company 1621; large landowner in America, colonizing along the Hudson River (ancestor of Stephen Van Rensselaer).

2. Stephen the Patroon, 1765–1839, U.S. political leader and major general.

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Example Sentences

Their father, Philip, was a major general in the Continental Army, and their mother, Catharine, was a Van Rensselaer, another prominent Dutch lineage.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Kennedy said that Schuyler — who married Catherine Van Rensselaer, from another prominent Dutch family — was host to some of America’s most famous figures at its most formative moments.

From New York Times

H is father, Floyd Crosby, an Academy Award-winning cinematographer whose credits included the classic western “High Noon,” was a member of the Van Rensselaer clan.

From New York Times

When Stephen Van Rensselaer settled this area, he was the largest landowner around.

From Salon

Last March, McLaughlin said he defied a Cuomo directive to accept elderly coronavirus patients discharged from hospitals into Van Rensselaer Manor, the county-run nursing home.

From Washington Post