patroon
Colonial estate holder
A patroon was a landowner in the Dutch colonial system of New Netherland (later New York), granted large estates along the Hudson River in exchange for bringing settlers to the colony.
The patroons held near-feudal powers over their tenants, collecting rents and administering local justice.
The system persisted into the nineteenth century, leaving its mark on Hudson Valley place names and land disputes.
Landed aristocratic residence
- estateProperty and grounds
- charterFounding organizational document
- grantBestow or award money
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
burgher · Albany · landholder · proprietor · colony · privilege · monopoly · trade
manor
Landed aristocratic residence
settler · burgher · Albany · landholder · proprietor · colony · privilege · monopoly · trade · agriculture
manor
Landed aristocratic residence
- tenantOne who rents property
- seigneurFeudal landowning noble
- landholderOwner of real estate
vassal · fealty · demesne · overlord · tenure · fiefdom · stewardship · peasantry · rent · obligation
design
Purposeful creative planning
- motifRecurring thematic element
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
- stencilCutout pattern for painting
repetition · geometric · plaid · stripes · checkered · paisley · floral · argyle · herringbone · chevron
patroontenant farmer
One who leases farmland
serf · peasant · sharecropper · tenant · indentured servant
patroonyeoman
Independent cultivator or naval clerk
freeholder · smallholder · homesteader · yeoman farmer · family farmer
- patron saintsHoly advocates for groups
- patron of the artsFunder of cultural work
- art patronFunder of creative endeavors
- patronage systemsRewarding supporters with positions
- political patronageAwarding posts for loyalty
- library patronsVisitors who use collections
patron, patrons, patronize, patronage, patronized, patronizer, patronizes, patronizers