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Padrone   Listen
noun
Padrone  n.  (pl. It. padroni, E. padrones)  
1.
A patron; a protector.
2.
The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
3.
A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc.





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"Padrone" Quotes from Famous Books



... Giacomo, who, whatever his astonishment at the connubial position he had disturbed, was much too discreet to betray it—"Padrone, I see the young Englishman riding towards the house, and I hope, when he arrives, you will not forget the alarming information I gave ...
— The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 • Various
... had a long rest. Were Francesco but a little more impatient, he might be wondering what had become of the padrone. I bid him turn, and we are soon gliding into the Sacca della Misericordia. This is a protected float, where the wood which comes from Cadore and the hills of the Ampezzo is stored in spring. Yonder square white house, standing out to sea, fronting Murano and the Alps, ...
— Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece • John Addington Symonds
... said the man helplessly. "I call all men to witness that I have done my best to carry out the instructions which the padrone ...
— The Secret House • Edgar Wallace
... to the Poles what a padrone too often is to the Italian laborers, a creature who herded them together and mercilessly worked them for the profit of others, and incidentally his own, an exacting tyrant against whose will it was useless to rebel. He had a little timid wife with red eyes—perhaps because she cried ...
— Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man • Marie Conway Oemler
... the padrone, or landlord—the latter being also the proprietaire—came out to greet them, extending to their guests a courteous welcome. The house was very full. All of the cheaper rooms were taken; but of course the Signor Americain would wish only the best ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad • Edith Van Dyne


Words linked to "Padrone" :   boniface, employer, host


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