Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An owner or manager, especially of an inn; a proprietor.
- noun A man who exploitatively employs or finds work for Italian immigrants in America.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A master; especially, a person, generally an Italian, who owns hand-organs and lets them out to itinerant players, or who systematically employs destitute children to beg for his benefit; also, an Italian labor-contractor; one who lets out Italian laborers in a body.
- noun In Italy: The prime minister of the papal curia.
- noun The landlord of an inn.
- noun The captain or master of a Mediterranean trader.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A patron; a protector.
- noun The master of a small coaster in the Mediterranean.
- noun A man who imports, and controls the earnings of, Italian laborers, street musicians, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
patron ; aprotector . - noun The
master of a smallcoaster in theMediterranean . - noun A man who
imports , and controls theearnings of,Italian labourers ,street musicians , etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an employer who exploits Italian immigrants in the U.S.
- noun an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He must be down there on that beach searching, calling his padrone's name, perhaps.
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He said he did not believe the padrone was a bad fellow, but he liked to take advantage of a stranger when he could; we all did.
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He said he did not believe the padrone was a bad fellow, but he liked to take advantage of a stranger when he could; we all did.
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The padrone is his uncle, and treats him better than the rest of us.
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Such a leader is almost always under the patronage of a "boss" in New York or a 'padrone' in Italy, who uses his influence to protect the members of the gang when in legal difficulties and find them jobs when out of work and in need of funds.
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He was using it to pay off the padrone for your ticket to America.
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Lori Eanes for The Wall Street Journal Dungeness crab deviled eggs with chipotle aioli "This is traditional fare, with a twist," says Tisha Hilario, a 46-year-old software trainer at a nearby federal building, after finishing a lunch that included a $13 mushroom quesadilla with Oaxaca cheese, pickled padrone peppers and scallions.
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“But, but—the padrone gave us the money to come here,” Bella said.
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He was a commited socialist who ran his ranch like a kindly paternalistic padrone.
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“But, but—the padrone gave us the money to come here,” Bella said.
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