Patroon

For Santa Claus was known among the boys and girls of those old Dutch days as "the children's patroon" (_De Patroon van Kinder-vreugd_).

Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874

Catharine Van Rensselaer was born in 1734, the only daughter of John Van Rensselaer, who was called Patroon landholder of Greenbush, and was noted for his hospitality, and for his kindness toward the tenants of his vast estates.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

The Dutch "Patroon" system that was the basis for New Netherlands settlement in 1630 was a form of feudalism.

Are Low-Skilled Americans the Master Race?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Stephen Van Rensselaer was the "Patroon" and patron of James Eights.

James Eights 2009

In 1839, Stephen Van Rensselaer, the proprietor, or "Patroon" as he was called, died, with $400,000 due to him as arrears from the tenants, for which, being a man of easy temper, he had forborne to press them.

Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question Henry Thring Thring 1862

Patroon is one of those swanky, masculine, "steakhouses" that were all the rage in the booming '90s.

Maria Rodale: August Salad: BLT Salad! Maria Rodale 2011

You can pretend you are eating at Patroon by asking your family if they would "like fresh ground pepper with that" in a French accent.

Maria Rodale: August Salad: BLT Salad! Maria Rodale 2011

Last August, a month before he died, Dominick Dunne sat at his table at Patroon surveying the elegant lunch-time crowd, the glitterati he often wrote about in his column for Vanity Fair, and waited for me.

Isabel Vincent: Lunch with Dominick Dunne Isabel Vincent 2010

The one surrounded by ruled lines I intended for the Patroon.

James Eights 2009

This school, financed in part by the Patroon, has been regarded as a "pioneer venture in scientific education," and is the model upon which the tradition of geological field trips is based.

James Eights 2009