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patronship

noun

Etymology

From patron + -ship. Piecewise doublet of patroonship.

  1. derived from patrōnus
  2. derived from patron
  3. inherited from patroun
  4. formed as patronship — “patron + -ship”

Definitions

  1. Patronage, the act or especially the formalized state of being a backer or supporter (of…

    Patronage, the act or especially the formalized state of being a backer or supporter (of something).

  2. Synonym of patroonship.

    • The Van Pere patronship at Berbice Another seventeenth-century Dutch colony in Guiana that had significance for the slave trade was located on the Berbice River. [...] the colony [...] was allowed to continue as a family patronship.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA