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patroonships

patroonships is the plural of patroonship.

Meaning of patroonship

Noun

patroonship (countable and uncountable, plural patroonships)

  1. (US, historical) The position or office of a patroon; landownership (originally of a Dutch colony).
    • His patroonship of Rensellaerwick lay immediately below Fort Aurania, and extended for several miles on each side of the Hudson, beside embracing the mountainous region of the Helderberg.1809, Washington Irving, A History of New York
  2. (US, historical) An estate run by a patroon, or under a similar system.

Questions about patroonships

What is patroonships the plural of?
Patroonships is the plural of patroonship.

Words near patroonships in the dictionary

  1. patronymy
  2. patroon
  3. patroonry
  4. patroons
  5. patroonship
  6. patroonships
  7. Patrylo
  8. pats
  9. pats down
  10. pats on the back
  11. pats-on-the-back

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