Definitions For Patroon
Noun
PATROON (plural PATROONs) (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.Derived terms
patroonshipRelated terms
patronEtymology
of w:kiliaen van rensselaer (merchant), kiliaen van rensselaer (born 1586; buried 1643), a Dutch merchant who founded the {{w, Manor of Rensselaerswyck}}, the largest and most successful patroonship in {{w, New Netherland}}. It occupied what is now mainly the {{w, Capital District}} of {{w, New York}}.]] Borrowed from {{bor, en, nl, patroon, , patron saint; boss}}, from {{der, en, dum, patroon}}, from {{der, en, la, patrōnus, , protector; patron}}. {{doublet, en, patron}}.Anagrams
pronotaIs Patroon a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
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Scrabble US
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Scrabble UK
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English International (SOWPODS)
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Scrabble Global
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
11
The word Patroon is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends