Word: patroons
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pa
troons
Definition: Plural of patroon. One of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.
Morphemes:
Affix: patroon
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One of the landowning Dutch grandees of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, especially after it became a British possession renamed as New York.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: patrōnus
Language: la
Decoded: patronus
Meaning: protector; patron
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.