van rensselaer

noun

1. Ki·li·aen [kee-lee-ahn] /ˈki liˌɑn/, 1595–1644, Dutch merchant: founder of Dutch West India Company 1621; large landowner in America, colonizing along the Hudson River (ancestor of Stephen Van Rensselaer).
2. Stephenthe Patroon, 1765–1839, U.S. political leader and major general.