[puh-troon] 
| a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey. |
| pa·troon (pə-trōōn') n. A landholder in New Netherland who, under Dutch colonial rule, was granted proprietary and manorial rights to a large tract of land in exchange for bringing 50 new settlers to the colony. [Dutch, from French patron, patron, master, from Old French; see patron.] |
