单词	patroon
释义	patroon /pəˈtruːn / noun US historical A person given land and granted certain manorial privileges under the former Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.At first, the rights of the Dutch were maintained, and many prominent families, such as the De Peysters, who were descendants of Dutch patroons, continued to be a cultural, mercantile, and political force.... Yet the original grants under which the patroons had obtained their power withstood all attempts to remove them. Another mass meeting of tenants resolved to ‘go into a ten-year contest with the patroon or until a redress of grievances is obtained’. Origin Mid 17th century: from Dutch.
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