[van ren-suh-leer, ren-suh-ler; for 1 also Du. vahn ren-suh-lahr] 
| 1. | 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). |
| 2. | Stephen (“the Patroon” ), 1765–1839, U.S. political leader and major general. |