patroon

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Dutch, ultimately from Latin patronus.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

patroon (plural patroons)

  1. (US) One of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession, renamed as New York.

Dutch [edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

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Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

patroon m, f (plural patroons, ??? please provide the diminutive!)

  1. boss

patroon n (plural patronen, diminutive patroontje)

  1. pattern

patroon f, m (plural patronen, diminutive patroontje)

  1. cartridge (of a firearm)
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