patroonship (English, noun)
expansion: patroonship (countable and uncountable, plural patroonships)
Senses:
glosses: The position or office of a patroon; landownership (originally of a Dutch colony).
tags: US
countable
historical
uncountable
glosses: An estate run by a patroon, or under a similar system.
tags: US
countable
historical
uncountable
Forms:
form: patroonships
tags: plural