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Colonial Dutch Landowner Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PATROON which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: PATROON

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199%7Exact Match!
233%5 Traditional term used for a white landowner in colonial Africa
333%11 Exclusive rights granted to a landowner in colonial New Netherland

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We think the answer is "PATROON" which means:

    noun
  • • One of the landowning dutch grandees of the dutch colony of new amsterdam, especially after it became a british possession renamed as new york.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The dutch settlers established a patroon system in their colonies."
  • • "The patroon was responsible for managing and developing the land granted to him."

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New York Times16 Apr 1989 Down 15
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