Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patroonship

/pəˈtɹuːnʃɪp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pa-troon-ship
IPA: /pəˈtɹuːnʃɪp/

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The position or office of a patroon; landownership (originally of a Dutch colony).

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

An estate run by a patroon, or under a similar system.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"His patroonship of Rensellaerwick lay immediately below Fort Aurania, and extended for several miles on each side of the Hudson, beside embracing the mountainous region of the Helderberg."
"It was a protest against the patroonship system, which went back to the 1600s when the Dutch ruled New York, a system where […] ‘a few families, intricately intermarried, controlled the destinies of three hundred thousand people and ruled in almost kingly splendor near two million acres of land.’"

Etymology

From patroon + -ship. Compare Dutch patroonschap. Piecewise doublet of patronship.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: patroon

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /pəˈtɹuːnʃɪp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

patroonships (plural)

Synonyms

patronship

Questions

How do you pronounce patroonship?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈtɹuːnʃɪp/.
What does patroonship mean?: The position or office of a patroon; landownership (originally of a Dutch colony).
Where does patroonship come from?: From patroon + -ship. Compare Dutch patroonschap. Piecewise doublet of patronship.

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