patroon

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patroon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]