Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Patroon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Patroon \Pa*troon"\, n. [D. patroon a patron, a protector. See
{Patron}.]
One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with
manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch
governments of New York and New Jersey.
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