Patroon

(n.) One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.

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• It happened yesterday, and Mr. van der Luyden, who heard of it this morning, sent a housemaid up by the early train to get the Patroon's house ready. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The Patroon's house? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• They were walking past the house of the old Patroon, with its squat walls and small square windows compactly grouped about a central chimney. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.

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