Definitions for patroons

patroons pa·troon

Spelling: [puh-troon]
IPA: /pəˈtrun/

Patroons is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 350 anagrams from letters in patroons (anooprst).

Definitions for patroons

noun

  1. a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.

Origin of patroons

1655-65; Dutch French Latin patrōnus. See patron, -oon

Examples for patroons

“If I am not mistaken, yonder is our divinity of the lane,” said the patroon softly.

The patroon gazed in seeming carelessness from the soldier to the young girl.

“Perhaps I can make a cast for you,” cried the patroon eagerly.

Some one must own the mill-seats; and why not the patroon as well as another?

Moreover, she was an actress, and the patroon was madly in love with her.

The patroon of Rensselaerswyck drank a flask of camphor to forget his Jane.

Some one must own the mill-seats; and why not the patroon as well as another?

We are now at the domain of the great patroon, the region around Albany and Troy.

And then there was our dispute at Albany--in the patroon's mansion, you will recall.

No, there was no Ormond in him; he was all Varick, all Dutch, all patroon.

Word Value for patroons
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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