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patroon

Syllables: pa·troon/pəˈtɹuːn/

patroon noun: one of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.

patroon: one of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it...
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Noun

patroon (plural patroons)

  1. (US) One of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.
    • Dr. Tucker accompanied us on our return; and we made a call on General Van Rensselaer. He is the Patroon, or Lord of the Manor here; and is considered the greatest landholder in the United States.1835, Andrew Reed, James Matheson, “Letter XIX”, in A Narrative of the Visit to the American Churches, by the Deputation from the Congregational Union of England and Wales. … In Two Volumes, volume...
    • In the United States the labourer is a freeman, lives on good substance, and being an honest man, neither fears nor envies the richest patroon about him.1844, “a citizen of Pennsylvania” [pseudonym; J. Churchman], A Few Plain Facts, Addressed to the People of Pennsylvania, 3rd enl. edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: J. Crissy, printer, No. 4 Minor Street...

patroon meaning in Tamil

patroon in Tamil

சிறப்புரிமை நிலக்கிழார், கப்பல் மீகான், படகு வலவர்

Examples of patroon in a sentence

  • One of the earliest “schools” of American painting, the Hudson Valley patroon painters, has often been considered to have derived from seventeenth-century English portraiture.2008, Louisa Wood Ruby, “Dutch Art and the Hudson Valley Patroon Painters”, in Joyce D[iane] Goodfriend, Benjamin Schmidt, Annette Stott...
  • Established in 1629, it granted near-feudal rights to any wealthy merchant – or patroon – who agreed to populate the valley.2008, Reed Sparling, “A Novel Way of Colonizing: The Patroon System”, in Hudson Valley Voyage: Through the Seasons, through the Years...

Forms of patroon

pluralpatroons

Origin of patroon

Borrowed from Dutch patroon (“patron saint; boss”), from Middle Dutch patroon, from Latin patrōnus (“protector; patron”). Doublet of padrone, patron, Patronus, and pattern.

Words formed from patroon

Words that rhyme with patroon

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Questions about patroon

What does patroon mean?
Patroon means one of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.
What is patroon in Tamil?
Patroon in Tamil is சிறப்புரிமை நிலக்கிழார், கப்பல் மீகான், படகு வலவர். See Patroon meaning in Tamil.
How do you use patroon in a sentence?
One of the earliest “schools” of American painting, the Hudson Valley patroon painters, has often been considered to have derived from seventeenth-century English portraiture.
What part of speech is patroon?
Patroon is a noun.
How do you pronounce patroon?
Patroon is pronounced /pəˈtɹuːn/.
What is the plural of patroon?
The plural of patroon is patroons.

Words near patroon in the dictionary

  1. patronymicks
  2. patronymics
  3. patronymies
  4. patronyms
  5. patronymy
  6. patroon
  7. patroonry
  8. patroons
  9. patroonship
  10. patroonships
  11. Patrylo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patroon (page history and authors); patroon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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