Paterson

American  

[pat-er-suhn] / ˈpæt ər sən /

noun

1. a city in NE New Jersey.

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Paterson ¹ British  

/ ˈpætəsən /

noun

1. Andrew Barton, known as Banjo Paterson. 1864–1941, Australian poet. His works include "Waltzing Matilda" and "The Man from Snowy River"

2. William. 1658–1719, Scottish merchant and banker: founded the Bank of England (1694)

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Paterson ² British  

/ ˈpætəsən /

noun

1. a city in NE New Jersey: settled by the Dutch in the late 17th century. Pop: 150 782 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

Led by post-doctoral fellow Ryan Sinclair Paterson at the University of Copenhagen, the research extends the time range for obtaining meaningful protein sequences by millions of years.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

That decision prompted Jim Paterson, Lomond Banks' development director, to say opponents of the plan had run a campaign with "baseless and offensive" claims about the plan, claiming this was rooted in "hysteria and mistruth".

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

“This is a kid from Paterson, New Jersey, who made it out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

Paterson persuaded the Scottish parliament to establish a new enterprise based on England’s East India Company to found a Scottish colony on the narrow isthmus joining North and South America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

“What a view! You never saw anything like that in Paterson, did you?”

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz