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Pat·er·son (pat′ər sən)

city in NE N.J., on the Passaic River: pop. 149,000

Etymology: after Wm. Paterson (1745-1806), state governor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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