patroon

n. <美>(荷兰统治时期)在纽约州和新泽西州的大庄园主

发音

其它 /pəˈtɹuːn/

词形变化

patroons 复数 patroons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.

    美国

词源

Borrowed from Dutch patroon (“patron saint; boss”), from Middle Dutch patroon, from Latin patrōnus (“protector; patron”). Doublet of padrone, patron, Patronus, and pattern.

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