Van Rensselaer

[ van ren-suh-leer, ren-suh-ler; Dutch vahn ren-suh-lahr ]

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noun

Ki·li·aen [kee, -lee-ahn], 1595–1644, Dutch merchant: founder of Dutch West India Company 1621; large landowner in America, colonizing along the Hudson River (ancestor of Stephen Van Rensselaer).
Stephen the Patroon, 1765–1839, U.S. political leader and major general.

"Sometimes it's best to refuse him, and get it over once for all," said Baby Van Rensselaer, impersonally.

Mr. Van Rensselaer has greatly enhanced the usefulness of Writing as a Business by the addition of very complete bibliographies.

Colonel Van Rensselaer directed the storming of the British battery upon the heights.

Enough has been told about Mr. Robert van Rensselaer's early period to indicate how those pleasant days were passed.

When van Rensselaer ceased pacing the room, he went to the table and wrote an order closing the mills.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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