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Van Rensselaer

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[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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